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MEMOIR ON THE 



BoHEA Tea. 



THE Chlnefe name of this tea 5s vou^fm 

 icha^ that is to fay, tea of the Idnd calle4 

 VQU-y* It takes its name from a mouataii^ 

 in the province of Fokien. 



There are three kinds of this tea \ the 

 firft of which, called common boh^a, grows 

 at the bottom of the mountain ; the fecond, 

 called cong-foUj or camphou^ grows at the 

 top ; and the third, named faoUchmn *| 

 grows in the middle. 



Cong-fm-tcha means bohea tea better pre- 

 paredj and frnt-chaon fignifies quinteiTencei 

 The latter is thus named, either becaufe 

 grooving on the middle of the mountain^ 

 and being fheltered from the injuries of the 

 weather, it acquires a greater degree of fin e- 



♦ The names of the laft two kinds are in England 

 corrupted into tong^ md fiuffwig* 



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