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balls) to be so classified. The flavour is much the same as that of 

 Souchong, but the Tea has not so muqh strength. Some of the lower 

 and large leaf kinds may be only worth perhaps from is. 3^. to 15. 6d., 

 whereas the finer qualities sell as high as 2S. to 2$. $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 

 3^. to is. zd. 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 is. 3d. to zs. 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 zs. zd. 



Broken leaf is a term of great comprehensiveness, but generally 

 is used to signify a Tea worth from 8^. 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. 



Fannings 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 separation 

 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 



