| Show asis wS Is 5 TEA IN CHINA now how the monc oblians prepare tle the beverage go thy they io L ve how they do prepare this fragrant beverage in china that classic land of teat tea general achon achong kitong ki kit tong informs us upon this point in his work upon chinese pleasures tea says he is the only beverage taken by tho the people it has many lovers in the higher hl classes of society among whom it is accounted to contribute to the clearness of the intellect tho the tea imbibed by tho the rich is invariably green tea that is to say from the tiny leaves which mid hd Ec scarcely arcely emerged from the bud before they were gathered and dried in tho the sun run black tea is made of of leaves which have arrived at a state of maturity and then been dried at the fire properly prepared tea must be I 1 mixed with rain or spring water I 1 which must be heated to a certain point the boiling should last but a few minutes as soon eoon as bubbles appear upon the surface the water has boiled sufficiently the material of the vaso vase or vessel in in which the water is heated is a matter of some importance tue true tea connoisseurs use only vases of ni hing a kind of baking baking P earthenware left unglazed unglued ung laed on t the he in inside side |
