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3 There are two well-marked kinds of tea distinguished as 
: black and green, of each of which we have several commercial 
_ varieties. Thus, of black teas, the best known sorts are 
_ Congou, Souchong, Oolong, Pekoe and Caper; and of green 
teas—Hyson, Hyson-skin, Young Hyson, T'wankey, Imperial 
and Gunpowder. Many teas are scented with the flowers of 
the orange, rose, jasmine, sweet-scented olive, &c. The finest 
teas, some of which sell for ag much as 50s. per |b., are con-— 
-sumed by the wealthier classes in China and Russia, and toa 
small extent in India. These teas are not manufactured in 
India. The various kinds of tea are all prepared from the 
_ same plant: thus, green tea consists of the leaves quickly 
dried after gathering, so that their colour and other characters 
are in a great measure preserved; and black tea consists of 
the leaves dried some time after being gathered, and after 
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hanges produced. It should be noticed, however, that much of 
Both black and green teas are frequently adulterated with 
he leaves of other’ plants, The colour, odour and -taste of. 
oth green and black teas are communicated to hot water, an 
nfusion of the former having a more or less greenish-yellow 
olour, a peculiar aroinatic odour, and an astringent feebly 
ungent and agreeably bitter taste; while an infusion of the 
atter has a dark brown colour, a somewhat similar but gene- 
ly less agreeable odour, and an astringent, bitterish, but 
pungent taste. The principal use of tea is to form an 
greeable, slightly stimulating, soothing, and refreshing bever- 
t was also formerly believed that tea, from the theine- 
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th has shown that, on the contrary, tea incense 
lily waste by acting as a respiratory excitant, and in other 
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