no Tea How and Where Cultivated. 



The Preparation of Tea* 



55. Tea consists of the leaves of the tea- 

 plant, dried first in the sun, then in heated pans, 



and rolled. The color 

 depends chiefly upon 

 the age of the leaves 

 when plucked, and 

 upon their preparation. 

 Materials for coloring 

 the leaves are often used. 



56. The plant, which 

 is kept pruned down to 

 the height of about five 

 feet, grows abundantly 

 of a Tea-plant. * n China and Japan. 



