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leaden cast, the infusion is green, the leaves are longer, and more 

 pointed than the black teas ; the inferior sorts have yellow leaves 

 and a smell of sprats. 



2. Hyson tea, (Jie tchime, first crop,) is of a leaden cast, the 

 infusion is a fine green, the leaves are handsome, without spots, 

 and open quite flat ; it has a strong taste, and a slight smell of 

 1 (lasted chesnuts. 



3. Tchu tcha, of which he gives no characters. — Besides these, 

 are imported into England, these green teas: llf/son skin, or 

 tea, being the large loose leaves of the hyson ; a faint deli- 

 ate smell ; infusion a pale green ; the bloom is given by means of 



udigo heated under it. — Superior hi/son skin, intermediate be- 



ween hyson and hyson skin. — Gunpoioder tea, a superior hyson in 



mall round grains, of a blooming greenish hue. — Cheliun^ or 



ncsUp fufson, a scented hyson, mixed with small berries, that give 



: a cowslip flavour. — The Ankoy teas, obtained from An Khe, 



lave the same appearance as the Canton teas, but are inferior in 



favour, and generally sell from 4f/. to J 5. a lb. lower. They are 



ipposed to be picked from wild tea plants. The leaves of tea 



avmg little or no smell, they are rendered fragrant by mixing 



ith them the leaves of Olea fragrans, and Camellia sesanqua. 



The leaves of Polygala theezans, and of llhamnus theezans, are 



iso mixed with China tea. 



China tea is not turned black by being put into water impreg- 

 nated with sulphuretted hydrogen gas, nor does it tinge spirit of 

 lorn blue. The infusion is amber coloured, and is not red- 

 i by adding a few drops of oil or spirit of vitriol to it. The 

 ives of speedwell, wild germander, black currants, syringa or 

 ock orange, purple-spiked willow herb, sweetbriar, cherry tree, 

 ioe, are all substituted for tea, either singly or mixed. In foreign 

 ' ries a variety of plants are used instead of Chinese tea, as 

 ria hifolia, AUtonia tliecEoformis, Gualtheria procumbens, 

 's Uf/ni, I^tospermum scoparinm, Ceanothus Americanus, 

 > f/iaber, I^.dum l/itifolium, Clienopodium ambrusioides, Mo~ 

 irda knlmiana, Psoralia f/landulosa, Cdssine peragiia, Zenopoma 

 <^a Sinensis is beginning to be cultivated in France as a substi- 

 ite for Chinese tea. In Hindustan, those with whom the com- 

 mies not agree use an infusion of lemon grass, or of Oa/- 

 i/t. 



Japanese Camellia, Camellia Japonica. Leaves frequently 

 mixed with those of tea by the Chinese. — C. srsanqnn. Leaves 

 used for those of tea, are odoriferous, and are also added to tea to 

 scent it ; seeds expressed for their oil. — C. drupifera. Nuts ex- 

 pressed for their oil. 



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