Blue waters and green and the Far East today . , I believe, a kind ofwild camellia, but has been domesticated in Chinaand Japan for more than a thousand years. It iseven more widely diffused than wheat, for it growsfrom Japan clear across the equator, even to Aus-tralia. In China, black tea comes from the south and greentea from the north, as the latter is hardy while theformer requires a moist, warm climate. Japan raisesnothing but green tea. Brick tea, much used incentral Asia and Russia, is the stems and brokenleaves pressed into brick form. Black tea owes its color to the fact that it is e
Blue waters and green and the Far East today . , I believe, a kind ofwild camellia, but has been domesticated in Chinaand Japan for more than a thousand years. It iseven more widely diffused than wheat, for it growsfrom Japan clear across the equator, even to Aus-tralia. In China, black tea comes from the south and greentea from the north, as the latter is hardy while theformer requires a moist, warm climate. Japan raisesnothing but green tea. Brick tea, much used incentral Asia and Russia, is the stems and brokenleaves pressed into brick form. Black tea owes its color to the fact that it is ex-posed to the air before it is roasted. There are four processes in the preparation of teafor market. It is first wilted, then rolled by handthen fermented, and finally roasted or fired. Allare delicate processes, requiring considerable tea has the greater fragrance but less of thethein. Young Hyson is from two Chinese words thatmean before the rains. Oolong means blackdragon. The tea plant must be three years old before it [260]. JAPAN. yields. After that, four crops a year are taken fromit: in April, May, July, and September; only thenew leaves being picked. The yield runs from threehundred to three hundred and fifty pounds to theacre. So there you are: you know all about it now—as much as I do, any way. It is the staple drinkof more millions of people than any other beveragein the world, not excepting alcohol in all its forms. On this trip we were for four hours within sight ofFujiyama, or Jujisan, Mr. Juji or Lord Fujias the Japanese call it. I have started two or threetimes to describe it, and each time shied away fromit because it is beyond my power or the power of anyman to give you any adequate idea of this mostbeautiful of the worlds mountains. So old globe-trotters agree. I had thought that nothing moun-tainous could be more beautiful than the Jungfraufrom Interlaken. But the Jungfrau owes more toits setting than to its shape. Fuji needs no setting,no s
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