INTRODUCING THE LITTLE 

 TEA BOOK 



AFTER all, tea is the drink ! Do- 

 mestically and socially it is the bev- 

 erage of the world. There may be 

 those who will come forward with 

 their figures to prove that other 

 fruits of the soil agriculturally and 

 commercially are more important. 

 Perhaps they are right w/hen quoting 

 statistics. But what other product 

 can compare with tea in the high re- 

 gard in which it has always been held 

 by writers whose standing in litera- 

 ture, and recognized good taste in 

 other walks, cannot be questioned ? 



A glance through this book will 

 show that the spirit of the tea bever- 

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