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and large leaf kinds maybe only worth perhaps from is. $d. to is. 6(?., 

 whereas the finer qualities sell as high as 2s. to 2s. $d. per Ib. 



Bohea is again lower than a Congou. It may be either of too 

 large a leaf to be called Congou, or, as is generally the case, it may 

 consist principally of old leaf, which on being fired does not attain 

 the greyish blackish colour which is so desirable for all the black leaf 

 kinds except Flowery Pekoe, but remains of a brownish or even pale 

 yellowish hue. It has scarcely any strength, and is generally of 

 coarse flavour, sometimes not, but is never of much value unless of 

 Namuna kind (a term which will be described hereafter). We may 

 quote prices at from $d. to is. 2d. per Ib. 



We now come to the broken descriptions of these middle and 

 lower classes of Tea. 



Broken Mixed Tea is, as its name imports, a mixture of the 

 various kinds of Tea broken. It may have a very wide range, include 

 some of the lower classes or approach Broken Pekoe in character 

 and value, but the kind usually thus named is a Tea worth from 

 i s. 8d. to 2s. 6d., generally of a blackish aspect, and containing a few 

 Pekoe ends. 



The term Broken Souchong is commonly and appropriately applied 

 to a Tea, which, though broken, has some approach to a full leaf, 

 and that of the even Souchong character. Its value may vary, say 

 from is. 6d. to 2s. zd. 



Broken leaf is a term of great comprehensiveness, but generally 

 is used to signify a Tea worth from &/. to is. id. per Ib. It may be 

 of a brownish, brownish blackish, or blackish colour. Its strength 

 is seldom great, but its flavour may be fair or good, but in the lower 

 qualities it is generally poor, thin, or coarse. It would be better to 

 employ this term only as a general name of Broken Tea, and not to 

 use it to signify any particular class, as it is very indefinite. 



Farmings is similar in colour and class of leaf to broken leaf as 

 described above ; in value also much the same, perhaps on the 

 average a little lower. I suppose, in most cases, the mode of its separa- 

 tion from the other classes of Tea is, as its name implies, by fanning. 



Dust is a very small broken Tea, so small, in fact, as to approach 

 the minuteness of actual dust. It is often very coarse, or ' earthy ' 

 in flavour, owing perhaps to sweepings and dust having become 

 mixed with it. Its value is from 6d. to is. 6d. In any Tea of this 

 class worth more than these quotations, a few Pekoe ends or tips 

 will generally be found, which bring it under the name of Pekoe Dust. 



