Show i- i Male Kale Tea Tasters l Begin Annual Trek t To Oriental Lands 1 j f French and English glish Experts 1 Select Leav Leaves s Costing 1 F as Much as 50 f a Pound I L. L f- f By RICHARD C. C WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent I 1 SAN FRANCISCO June Junc 25 26 i and tea tasting do not go hand r In hand hence the task of sampling lir the worlds world's crop of ot tea tia each year faUst falls faUs t 5 to masculine palates 3 The annual trek of tea tea tasters to the JT plantations of Formosa Japan China X Ceylon and ana India is under way Most ot of the members of this unique profession prof pro pro- f t fusion assemble from Great Britain France rance and New NewYork York in San Sari Francisco Fran ran cisco to board liners for the Orient Failure of women wamen as tea tasters was explained by B. B C. C Cowan of London and Henri de of Paris Parts both Veterans of the profession Cupid ensnares a large percentage I of f graduate nurses said Cowan But the percentage per of women tea tea tasters tasters t. t who fall into the pit of matrimony I Is isI I even greater There never has baa been aL a L famous w woman man tea taster probably for this reason These tea tasters many of ot whom travel three-fourths three the way around the world to select the tea leaves their fellow countrymen will brew during the next year are proud of their craft Did you ever taste tea costing 50 a a pound inquired M. M de The French expert then told of ot an excellent grade of ot tea he discovered several seasons ago in There ThereWa was Wa a limited quantity and he shipped It to Mincing Lane London where it was auctioned for 50 a pound fl Wealthy men think little of ot paying from 10 upwards a pound for tor the choice grades found by these experts the Frenchman said w. w Russia continues continue to be one of the I heaviest consumers of ot tea despite the I great increase in consumption of the Russian drink vodka said John Mackenzie MacI Mac Mac- I I kenzie kenzle of London another visiting tea Most MOt Russian tea is purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased in China |