Show fu 1 7 aoa DEATH IN IH RE WP saw J L eor bor ten yeara yearb or more japan has applied the tile united states stites with A 0 largo large share of the teh tea dons consumed umed in mib I 1 I 1 cou country atry competing V with etli china for this brandhof brane branc hoo hof trade for some ti methe japanese teas imported Jm ported were of a high grade tho tao tricks tricka re sorted to by the packers pac pae feers and dealers in the flowery kingdom were wehe not imitated in the domini dominions onig of the mikado the thea mount amount of japanese green grean kieen ten teh brought into the united aoatoa in the season of 1881 2 vas was pounds against pounds of china green and pounds of china black hiack atthe at the largel larget Inc ine increaser in reaseL creasa of trade has the Ja growers and nna dealers to tob be eless elesa ies les i par particular the delicate spring leaves which are the choicest product of the thi plant are no longer longet picked carefully for foz ar the american market markets but during tho whole season the a are stripped tripped es et ripped without oars oard and the loaves without regard to noo swo or quality aro are mixed and mingled hallig led lea indiscriminately this change in the quality of the tho tea causes the denler denier to resort to vim yim proper crople ir menns menn bror por for hin fin improving proving the appearance pe arance of the leaves leavea without regard to the deterioration of their quality T ab the pur tur purchaser chaslor 0 of jap anese aneke tea under the Impre impression aBlon that in using it he Is enec saved d from the theodul adul an and A gs which havel have rendered chinese teas tea auch such an un eifel article foi fol a regular beverage is and cheated pha an d in as much danger from colorings and other or of the trade as aa it if he tea from the chines this is now admitted by the japanese waa maa which in an article designed to stimulate the g growers andi andl dealers in japan to work so as aa to retain the trade with this country makes the following remarks marka rs gahe foreign buyer finding that the greater part of the tea offered tohild to him no longer possessed the fine color and handsome appearance of former times resorted to factitious method sot bot of making this poor poon stuff gilem seem better rhan than it was and by ruthlessly mixing the products of different lo localities cuties by brea bres breaking k ing up the leaves leavis into smail amali cleves and by covering g the whole wilh ewi an artificial color ho hil sought to conceal the inferiority of his purchases and to io impose eon on the unsuspecting consumer nau er in Ame amo america amerida rica both parties artles thus did their utmost to spoil a valuable trade and thoy they were heartily in their thein wretched work by the now new york brok broke ersi reg who found in those these tease means meana of serving berving their own imp ImD importance ortance AS experts since etwas it was impossible dorany unskilled person to determine the value of an article so BO utterly denat zed by these various me means menns ans japanese green teas hawe have gradually lost their former formen distinctive ch charac araci and value and the american market Is now surfeited with trash which is ia no better bettar than the average chinese green tea and has little advant advantage dge dZe over it in the tho eyes of any consumer constiner this will vill many ninny advocates of the purity of as compared with the imports from china the mail declares that every pound of ten tea shipped fr from 0 m japan to america passes tafou through gh tho the filthy operations of the adulterator but explains that it is to their thein eln ein foreign agents alone that tho the american people bro pro ih debated for the cougno conglomerate merate aerate 0 ten tea loaves leaves and pigments saturated with witly the sr sweat eat of unclean laborers hach is ia thrust upon them therm under every attractive mutie title scrupulousness unscrupulousness nn can suggests suggest and la zoid bold in america america as aa epure pure Japa japanese ulese tea f ahat with poor pl ekings pickings old leaves painting fixing and dirty handling and packing the cup cap which cheers but not inebriate Is no inviting draught to those who understand und ersland its true inwardness ln A comfortable cup of such tea is likely to produce extremely uncomfortable results if this work of adul te ration continue continues a a ceball and cross eross bones will be a fitting painted ted ornament for fon ther the teapot I 1 |