[48] The more the leaf is withered the thicker in consistency and the smaller in quantity the juice that exudes, as also the yellower in colour. Further, the more the leaf is withered the darker the outside of the balls. Bright rusty red is the colour produced with moderately withered leaf; very dark greenish red with much withered leaf.
[49] Much Green Tea is coloured, but none from India has been so treated.
[50] Note to Third Edition.—Since this was written Green Teas have gone down considerably in value. They are still much used in America, but in Great Britain there is but little demand for them.
[51] We have yet to see what Jackson’s machine can do.
[52] Even to break Tea on them it is a mistake to use brass sieves. Tea is best broken by a wooden roller, heavily weighed with lead, run in. The glaze or gloss on Tea is thus preserved.
[53] I need hardly remark that the Hindustani word Namuna (pronounced Nemoona) means sample.
[54] I think I need hardly pause to correct the popular error that the Green and Black Teas are made from two different species of plant. Most of my readers will know that they are both made from the same leaf, the difference lying only in the manufacture.
[55] Note to Third Edition.—As previously stated in foot-note page [133], Green Teas are now but little used in Great Britain.
[56] Large lead is 37 by 22 inches; small lead, 25 by 19 inches.
[57] Note to Third Edition.—This matter of equal tares is very important. If they differ more than half-a-pound all the Tea is turned out and re-weighed in London, which is a great loss in many ways.