Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-19
GROWTH AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA IN
THE UNITED STATES.

GREEsvIILE, Is. CO. JULr A, 1851.
To the Editor of the Journal of Commerce
DEAR SIR Upon this national hoyday national claim
may be appropriately answered, although it does
with the sound of cannon the blast Of trumpet.
On the 2sth ultimo further advance made in the
progress Of American tea, which will answer some OF the calls
Of the public and ranquze the doubts and fears Of the
tmorous On that day pucked from several Of my green
plants small quantity Of tea leaves and proceeded to
dry and convert them into tea The small number Of my
plants and the partial growth OF the leaves forbid my at
tempting gather beyond suciency for experiment but
enough, apprehend to confirm and establish the important
facts that the plant Of China congenial our climate
that the tea pure American growth unmixed with any
other herb material that cured by solar heat alone
and in every respect the genuine tea of China plants
Its fragrance, flavor and physical qualities may undoubtedly
be changed by the process OF manipulation and manufacture
But my object to obtain the Interchangeable natural pro-
pees of the leaf grown in this country, and under the in
fuences Of soil atmosphere and local peculiar
to its present condition. Whether the Of the
responds with that of Congou, Gunpowde Hyson Bohea
Of any other kind, is of small consequence If the United
States produce good quality of from the China
plant the various kinds Of SOIL the diversity of climate tenn
peatue, and location will produce every kind that grows in
China, and satisfy the national demand far concerns
that article.
Jyly ls5l-I have now before me pot Of fresh Green
tea, from my plantation, the FIRST have enjoyed Having
experimental evidence in this country Of the effect of
curing tea by solar heat only contrary to the Chnese, In
dian, and Javan mode curing by firing, roasting n iron
kettles felt reluctance to expose this my first expert
the public gaze and therefore conducted the WHOLE
from the picking Of the leaves drinking the tea, n private
way am much graed with the result Of this my first essay
in manufacturing American tea edyng simple that
any farmer in the Union make his own tea, with the
certainty and the he make his own
bread The fragrance is not high imported Tyson tea
but the is far pure and clean in the mouth, a
though it leaves the stamp of fresh made tea rather tea
from fresh leaf It has the slightest disagreeabe taste
but has full delicious favor indicating, in an eminent de-
gree perfect purity and the presence Of sweet refreshing
beverage Connoisseus will perhaps measure the quality of
nv tea by their own, which they accustomed But
the comparison will hold good My tea peculiar
always use it in the Chinese way without sugar milk,
and have the of the tea only and cannot easily be mis-
taken in the flavor and true properties Of the the tea
be good any thing and every thing added to It's demen
bad much sugar and milk will neuraze the bad
qualities and leave nothing but the of sugar and milk
do assure you that am delighted with my pot Of tea
that have drank Of half dozen times whilst writing this
article and nearly exhausted the teapot. My black tea
plants snce their removal in April have grown much slower
than the green tea plants Indeed the green plant
much hardy plant than the black have written
article upon the Assam and Hmalayah tea, but omit at
sent rather than swell this communication.
Your obedient servant
JUNIUs SMITH, LID.
P. 9. July 5-I kept part of pot Of my tea until this
morning, and took tumbler cold II is most excellent and
shade higher coored than Hyson tea. But the taste
peror any China have drank, always excepting few
pounds from Achange which overland from the North
ef China and which believe cured by solar heat At
any rate was, in my Judgment the finest tea ever drank
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