The grocer's handbook : a text-book for the grocery trade / by W. H. Simmonds.

  • Simmonds, W. H.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The grocer's handbook : a text-book for the grocery trade / by W. H. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appearance. Pungent, faintly “herby ”, or bitter. For For- mosa Oolongs see Japanese, below. Pekoes have the characteristics of the fine downy leaves at the tip of the shoot. It is said that the finest Pekoes, grown on the northern slopes of the Bohea Mountains, are seldom sent out of China. Scented Orange Pekoe has a dark-green, longish leaf in some cases, and a small curly leaf in others. Congous are made from the leaves that are coarser than the Pekoes and Souchongs, but not so coarse as the common Bohea. Tayshang Congou is one of the recognized varieties. Pekoe-Congous, or Packlings, show a smallish leaf, reddish-black, tightly-twisted, and curly. Scented Capers: Small, shotty; some black and glazed, others ereenish-black or olive-coloured. Used solely for flavouring. Bohea: Like black tea in appearance, but with the general character of the green. The commonest kind of tea drunk in China. JAPANESE TEAS Oolongs (Japanese and Formosan) hold the mean between black and green tea, and have a special perfume and flavour which are liked by some consumers, but not by all, however. This tea bears marks which are regarded as distinguishing the following qualities :— lst, choicest; 2nd, choice; 3rd, finest; 4th, fine; 5th, superior; 6th, good; 7th, fair; 8th, common. Japanese teas are classified as follows :— Hikicha or Tencha: A powdered tea, used only on state occasions, or for the ‘‘cha-no-yu” or tea ceremony. Green Tea: (a) Gyokuru, or pearly dew; (6) Sencha, the tea commonly drunk. Bancha: Cheap tea from last year’s leaves, stalks, &c. Black Tea and Oolong. Besides the above classes of tea it will be convenient to mention here the following :— Caper Tea, plain or scented, sometimes black and some- times green, is composed of the dust of various teas made into
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