A Journey to the Tea Countries of China: Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya MountainsJ. Murray, 1852 - 430 Seiten |
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... Quantity of Prussian blue and gypsum taken by a green - tea drinker - Such teas not used by the Chinese Mr. Warrington's observations - -- CHAPTER VI . - 86 My reception in the house of Wang's father A smoky Chinese cottage My coolie ...
... Quantity of Prussian blue and gypsum taken by a green - tea drinker - Such teas not used by the Chinese Mr. Warrington's observations - -- CHAPTER VI . - 86 My reception in the house of Wang's father A smoky Chinese cottage My coolie ...
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... quantities of this fine fruit were seen for the first time in Shanghae in the summer of 1850. The ground about the town is too low and wet for the growth of the potato , and hence no one has succeeded in rearing what would be called a ...
... quantities of this fine fruit were seen for the first time in Shanghae in the summer of 1850. The ground about the town is too low and wet for the growth of the potato , and hence no one has succeeded in rearing what would be called a ...
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... quantity of fresh soil considerably above the level of the surrounding ground , so that all the family of the pines ... quantities of 16 CHAP . I. TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA .
... quantity of fresh soil considerably above the level of the surrounding ground , so that all the family of the pines ... quantities of 16 CHAP . I. TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA .
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... quantities of the Olea fragrans , the Qui Wha , are planted in different parts of the garden . These succeed much better here than in the south of China . In the autumn , when they are in bloom , the air is perfumed with the most ...
... quantities of the Olea fragrans , the Qui Wha , are planted in different parts of the garden . These succeed much better here than in the south of China . In the autumn , when they are in bloom , the air is perfumed with the most ...
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... quantity of silk consumed in China , when told that , after the war , on the port of Shanghae being opened , the exports of raw silk increased in two or three years from 3000 to 20,000 bales . This fact shows , I think , the enormous ...
... quantity of silk consumed in China , when told that , after the war , on the port of Shanghae being opened , the exports of raw silk increased in two or three years from 3000 to 20,000 bales . This fact shows , I think , the enormous ...
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amongst appearance arrived Azaleas bamboo beautiful black teas bloom boat boatmen Bohea mountains brought Buddhist canal Canton chair chair-bearers Chang-shan China Chinaman Chinese Chusan Chusan archipelago colour coolies cultivation distance DISTRICTS OF CHINA England English Fcap Feap feet flowers Fokien Foo-chow foreigners formed garden green teas growing Hang-chow Hang-chow-foo hills Himalayas Hokow Hong-kong Hwuy-chow India journey kind lake land leaves luggage mandarin miles morning moutan Nan-che natives nearly night Ning-po observed onwards pass picul plantations Portrait Post 8vo Poyang lake priests procured province Prussian blue quantity rain rice river road rocks scenery Second Edition seeds seemed seen servants Shanghae shrubs side Sing-Hoo soil soon species specimens stream Sunderbunds taels TEA DISTRICT tea-plants tea-seeds tea-shrub temple Third Edition town travellers trees Tsong-gan-hien valley vegetable Vols walked Wang Woo-e-shan Woodcuts young plants Yuk-shan
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Seite 276 - For Green Tea. — When the leaves are brought in from the plantations they are spread out thinly on flat bamboo trays, in order to dry off any superfluous moisture. They remain for a very short time exposed in this manner, generally from one to two hours ; this, however, depends much upon the state of the weather. In the mean time the roasting-pans have been heated with a brisk wood-fire.
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Seite 95 - Prussian blue of a darker or a paler tint, placed beyond a doubt by a positive demonstration ; for Mr Fortune has forwarded from the north of China, for the Industrial Exhibition, specimens of these materials, which from their appearance, there can be no hesitation in stating are fibrous gypsum (calcined), turmeric root, and Prussian blue ; the latter of a bright pale tint, most likely from admixture with alumina or porcelainclay, which admixture may account for the alumina and silica found as stated...
Seite 271 - Tea is of a cooling nature, and, if drunk too freely, will produce exhaustion and lassitude. Country people, before drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant.
Seite 277 - Several men take their stations at the rolling table and divide the leaves amongst them. Each takes as many as he can press with his hands, and makes them up in the form of a ball. This is rolled upon the rattan table, worked and greatly compressed, the object being to get rid of a portion of the sap and moisture, and at the same time to twist the leaves.