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Preparation for Market: 
The leaves are picked with great care so the stem or stalk will not be 
rmed. In the pee re oO ack tea (Orange Pekoe, Pekoe, 
ae etc.) the are allowed to ferment for a while, then the 
fermentation is Ae ee at just the right moment by rapid a 
ing or “ firing.’ In making green teas (Young Hyson, Gunpowd 
etc.), the leaves are fired as soon as picked to prevent all fer ene tons 
Oolong Tea (made chiefly in the island of Formosa) is a fermented tea, 
but the Loan ns is = allowed to continue as long as in the manu- 
facture of bla er firing, the tea leaves are rolled by hand or 
machine, Ae pee again, and then sorted, separating the fine leaves 
from the coarse. The tea is then boxed for shipping. 
Facts About Tea: 
You do not have to go to one of the countries we called the “ big six” 
to see a tea plant. All you have to do to take a trolley to the 
BrooKLyNn Botanic GARDEN and there you will find a tea plant growing 
in the conservatory. 
Tea was me for some years in South Carolina but it is not at the 
present tim 
bedina uses about 6% Ibs. to 7 a o tea a haces per person, while 
the United States uses not quite 1 Ib. per per 
Everyone drinks tea in Japan: eee consumes as much tea as she 
exports, 
Tea is mentioned in China as far back as 2700 B.C. It was intro- 
duced into India from China by Colonel Kyd in 1780. India exports 
more tea now than does China 
ea is blended or mixed to nia better flavor 
No artificially colored tea is allowed to enter re United States. 
Tea contains thein which is practically the same as the caffein of 
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