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whidi breaks the leaves, and mixes them 

 with a great deal of duft. It fometimes hap^ 

 pens, however, that the tea-duft is owing to 

 the manner in which it is put into the box, 

 as the Chinefe tread upon it with their feet, 

 to make it hold a larger quantity. The 

 leaves of the cong-fcu and Jacuchmn teas 

 ought to have a beautiful black fliining tint, 

 to be large and weighty, and to communi- 

 cate to water a very bright colour, and a 

 mild tafte* 



*X\it.pekm is a particular kind of tea-flinib, 

 the leaves of which are all black on the one 

 fide, and all white on the other. As the 

 real pckao tea is very fcarce and dear^ even 

 in thofe places where it grows, the Chinefe, 

 who ftudy the art of adulterating their teas 

 in general, take care, w^hen this valuable fort 

 Is collected, to put into it a great many more 

 black than white leaves. They adulterate 

 it, likewife, by naixing with it fome of the 



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