. The great cultures of the isle of Java. 30 photos . Machinery for grilling and rolling the Drying llio tea. 43 two polished wheels, horizontally placed at some distancethe one from the other, each having an opposed rota-tory movement and so rolling the tea between having been rolled for 10 or 12 minutes, the teais put on small tanks to get its colour, to oxidate andto ferment b} the influence of the air. These tanks area kind of cube made of interlaced bamboos; they are pro-vided with little feet so that a quantity of them may beplaced one upon the other without preventing t
. The great cultures of the isle of Java. 30 photos . Machinery for grilling and rolling the Drying llio tea. 43 two polished wheels, horizontally placed at some distancethe one from the other, each having an opposed rota-tory movement and so rolling the tea between having been rolled for 10 or 12 minutes, the teais put on small tanks to get its colour, to oxidate andto ferment b} the influence of the air. These tanks area kind of cube made of interlaced bamboos; they are pro-vided with little feet so that a quantity of them may beplaced one upon the other without preventing the airfrom penetrating. When the tea is of the required colour, it is con-veyed to the drying-shed, where it is dried in warmed airor roasted in stoves. i^ 8. About fifteen years ago only China-tea wasplanted in the isle of Java. Little by little this customaltered and the China tea gave wa\- for the Assam-teaand the different hybrids between Assam- and these sorts predominate and will entirely replacethe China tea, as they are much stronger. In wild condition the Assam pl
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