. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. y are then returned into the poey-long, andplaced over the fire for another half hour, when they are again removed andrubbed between the hands. The leaves are now found to have become amuch darker color; the fire is diminished in heat by laying over it ashes ofpaddy husks, and the same routine is repeated several times, until the leavesare perfectly black, twisted, and crisp; after which the leaves are sifted, andthe old and ill-colored ones removed, and they are again placed over thefire
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. y are then returned into the poey-long, andplaced over the fire for another half hour, when they are again removed andrubbed between the hands. The leaves are now found to have become amuch darker color; the fire is diminished in heat by laying over it ashes ofpaddy husks, and the same routine is repeated several times, until the leavesare perfectly black, twisted, and crisp; after which the leaves are sifted, andthe old and ill-colored ones removed, and they are again placed over thefire as before, the top of the poey-long being completely closed, and the fireis allowed to die away. The tea after this is packed according to the custom of the district, eitherin chests or baskets, in which they are carried into the market and sold inlaro-e quantities. During the tea season these markets are held three or fourtimes a month in the respective districts. Green teas known in America, grow in the south of the province ofKeanf-nan, and may be classed, according to Mr. Ball, under the heads of. -S5E-i O (—1 ^P^ P-((=1 O I—I ARTS AND PRODUCTIONS. 307 hyson and sUngo, the former being only the same shrub improved by cuhi-vation and soil, taken from the high grounds and planted in the valleys,and round the embankments of fields, and manured, and now designated hill and garden teas. There are two gatherings of the leaves of thegreen teas, one between the middle of April and the first week in May, andthe other at the summer solstice. The tea is rendered superior by beingroasted immediately after gathering, and previous exposure to the atmo-sphere or the sun is very injurious. Those which can not be thus treatedare therefore lightly spread over a brick floor ; or if this be not practicable,then they are placed upon shaded stands, in bamboo trays ; in the latter casea woman constantly examines the trays, and if she observes any indicationof their heating or turning yellow,
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