Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . Tea Buying in China—On the Bund,Hankow. nation or the breeze, especially at thefirst of the season when the rush in theendeavor to secure the choice chops,keeps him in the tea room from 6 Tea Buying in China—Outside a ChineseHong; J. M. Lobb, the Writer of tlieArticle, is on the Extreme Right. TheChinamen in the Centre are .VativeBrokers. to or 5 , continually tastingthe teas before him on an open market, 51 so much depending on his taste andjudgment in selecting best value fromseveral districts which have each theirpeculiar flavor and charac
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . Tea Buying in China—On the Bund,Hankow. nation or the breeze, especially at thefirst of the season when the rush in theendeavor to secure the choice chops,keeps him in the tea room from 6 Tea Buying in China—Outside a ChineseHong; J. M. Lobb, the Writer of tlieArticle, is on the Extreme Right. TheChinamen in the Centre are .VativeBrokers. to or 5 , continually tastingthe teas before him on an open market, 51 so much depending on his taste andjudgment in selecting best value fromseveral districts which have each theirpeculiar flavor and character of leaf andliquor. It is, therefore, not the pleas-ure of being in Hankow that inspires in-terest in it to the charsee, for anyonewould choose anywhere but there insummer and you might almost say thatat this season it is the kind of a placethat if you found the devil anchored toit you would pity him, but for the factof it being an open market with its pos-sibilities. A buyer in Hankow faithfullytasting the musters (samples) as theycome in finds great interest in markinghis selections for purchase, a buyer whoshirks the standing and incessant tast-ing and trusts to luck can make horriblemistakes. There is little to gu
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