Process of Manufacture. 
cones as the leaf will often get quite black on the 
outside of the balls before it starts colouring in- 
side them, Fire off your teas directly they 
are ready and donot leave it lying about. If 
there is too much leaf ready at the same time, 
half fire the tea. Fire the leaf very thinly 
and do not give a tea-maker too many trays to 
dry, as it may result in some tea getting fired 
or burnt. If the leaf is put too thickly on 
the trays soft teas will be the result., The 
sharper you fire the brisker the teas will be. 
Of course in every garn of leaf there are some big 
coarse leaves and also leaves from inside of bush 
—generally light yellowy-green in appearance. 
These leaves will not either wither or ferment 
properly, and only make red tea, but when 
cleaning the teas these can be thrown out 
Sift at once. Most men sift through 10 and 8 
mesh for Pekoe and Pekoe Souchong. 9 is small 
enough for the Pekoe and this mesh is used with 
advantage on several gardens. If three kinds of 
tea were made, it would be quite sufficient, vie.— 
Broken Pekoe, Pekoe, and Broken Pekoe Sou- 
