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Hyson and Gunpowder, at the side orifices. This process, 

 however, does not so completely divide the Gunpowder and 

 young Hyson, but it is necessary to separate them 

 afterwards by hand, or rather with the end of a feather. 



The Gunpowder and young Hyson are then separately 

 roasted to give them a lighter twist and to bring out the 

 colour. This requires the roasting to be repeated, and 

 the pan to be made much hotter ; so that three men took 

 their turns in stirring the tea, relieving each other on 

 account of the heat. This roasting continued ten minutes, 

 during the whole of which the tea was kept stirred about 

 with a constant quick motion, and examined frequently 

 to see when done enough. 



The Gunpowder consists of such young leaves as on the 

 original drying at the tea-farms take the round twist : 

 the young Hyson of such young leaves as take the long 

 twist, and, therefore, when truly made should consist of 

 whole leaves ; but very little is now made in this manner. 

 The demand for the Americans, who consume large quan- 

 tities of these teas, is so great that the manufacturers 

 cannot supply them, except by cutting up the leaves before 

 drying, and making imitations. 



Twankay Tea. 



The Twankay tea was passed through the same sieves as 

 the Hyson, but the roasting was done with a quicker 

 fire ; so that the leaf of the same size as the Hyson re- 

 quired only ten minutes instead of fifty-eight. The tea 

 was tossed hot to throw off the skin, as the makers say 

 the Twankay skin will not fly off when cold. 



The tea from the second sieves was roasted separately 

 as the Hyson ; the larger leaf requiring the longer roast- 

 ing. After being mixed to fancy, it is roasted again and 

 packed hot. 



The same process as in the Hyson forms the Twankay 



