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MANIPULATION OF HYSON TEA. 



rolling the better ; but if the roaster have not 

 finished roasting all the fresh leaves, care must be 

 taken to turn those which have undergone the first 

 process of roasting, as the leaves which are at the 

 bottom of the sieves or trays are apt to spoil and 

 turn yellow. 



Previously to the leaves being carried a second 

 time to the Kuo, the fire was considerably dimi- 

 nished ; and charcoal used instead of wood. The 

 Kuo, however, was still preserved hot enough not 

 to be endurable by the touch for more than perhaps 

 a second. Throughout the whole of this second 

 roasting, great attention was paid to the fire in 



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