TEA MAKING AND TAKING 

 IN JAPAN AND CHINA 



THE queen of teas in Japan is a 

 fine straw-colored beverage, 

 delicate and subtle in flavor, 

 and as invigorating as a glass of 

 champagne. It is real Japan tea, 

 and seldom leaves its native heath 

 for the reason that, while it is pecul- 

 iarly adaptable to the Japanese con- 

 stitution, it is too stimulating for 

 the finely-tuned and over-sensitive 

 Americans, who, by the way, are said 

 to be the largest customers for Japan 

 teas of other grades in the world. 



This particular tea, which looks as 

 harmless as our own importations of 

 the leaf, is a very insidious beverage, 



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