Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-09

| true Pekoe.
Congo tea.-L,aves snail, short.
,ravish black. Infusion agreeable.
clear.
Pouchong Teal ,aves larger than
the preceding with tn. petioles often
attached, with an srecable 0 ior.
Souchong Fea.-rnis is the strong
est OF the black teas. Leaves IN l.r
tteiy large, thin often broken Infu-
sion clear. golden. sstetiy aronatic.
Green TeL,.-Itso ,.-Of all taa
green teas this is the most highly
esteemed. Leaves long straight. heshy
srayish green, rolled longitu finally on
them selves, with sweat aro. N tic o lor
iEfusion limpid with c.tron yelloy
| shade.
Ganpowlcr tea.-rlis seems to be
the sane IS the preceding. having an
'erSoie a -on.sntt different IN lniyu
iat'on. 1t Is a very heavy teI vi ILrx
.reen hue lnfu >ion lim,,id.
Imperial Tea. 1t occur, IN lar,er
grams. l. 'aves rolled IN hard b .lls. of
4 silVery green, an an Il. reable taste.
T"ankiy Tea. Leaves large Yellow
lsh, badly rolled oior strong. Infi,-
sion deep yellow, clear of II ,ha-p taste
fonns ilysoA ,aves very small
delicate, crisp, OF = ycllo wish green AMI
sweet perfume.
Hyson Skin.-Leaves Of brownish
yellow, badly rpllel, often MINGLED with
the seeds OF the tea. Infusion deep
yello" slightly turbid. 1t Is the Bo
hea OF the green teas.
To suit the demands of the merchants
thc green teas, e'pecIalIv, are mo lltl l.I
aS TO color AL olor by various f. Q n
toltes. Volatile ui,s Of vlrl,u, k.nts
aTc used, but are not OF much interest
IN scientific point of view. he ma
tcr'aIs used IN coIorIng are of much
-.avrr character. \ mixture of plaS-
TER OF Paris, indigo ana curcuna is
~ y INTO u Ie pow ltran min rl.d a.
.lI>t VITA tht tea in tn. tnlnip lIati,n.
~ gives 4 rtch beautiful green. aud
what IS OF lattrest 10 say OF 1t. it IS
harmless. lnsteal of in ii,o Prus,;an
bsuc Is Often sibst.t..t II. vh.l il forms
very dt1sr. oIS con ,oItl. tn, base
VI f'uss a. blue BEN thr sane As that
0t frIssic aci l. p.r'll,s i still more
dangerous, i tnlteratio IS salt Of cop
pr La prtct ling nLte.il!s lr, M
- u.,Ie hrhc: Ii<rIv u 4, n, htrn.
tLc ,.its Of cppp.rar, ,,lpbl.. all.i-
'o't = .; II inJuftol' qnltitits. all
II u Goa ton 10 act with thn worst II.
itct. Al are cI,i!v Il I; 'cte hl.sJt,e
i''b'd' our prcs.ut NO., Of til. 20
c.s,c>.
o'lstitution pf L r.a-Tla mu,rial,
mat give tea any Interest To Il, is an
essential oil, ttnnin, th.inr or ctf.in,.
iic volatile oil is of 4 lemon-ycl'ov
co'or, lighter thin water. easily s,Ii /
iii'S by exposure To the air. r.siniz,c
~ has powerful o lOr of tea 1t i,
most abundant in green teas. is PR
d"ced during the nanpuatons of til.
leaves. and is bout three quarters of
one or cent. II gives the olor 10 the
tea Infusion. AMI acts powerfully on the
system. 1t i like the volatile oil o.
cote d spro ab'yi'lenti, a in chen.
zeal constitution aud although dilici-
ent IN their utor they produce similar
effects on the constitution. As We can
dt>tIll OF the aroma from coffee and rt-
tain 1t in cold receivers. so we NAV Oh
tam by like process the volatile oil Of
tea. 1t is equally evident also that
boiling the tea Infusion Is injurious if
il we expect the active agency of tins
. volatile oll. The action OF tIus OH on
the system seems 10 be of a hi1hl,
stimulating chan actcr, producing wake
tuinesS and IN exec - pr duccs narcut-
Ic effects Its effects seem 10 se mod
lncd by age, being much more active w
teas whe-' recently put up than. in old
teas. This Is III accordance with what
takes place in our wines distilled IL
quors, beers, etc Age nodifli ing the
spiritual paIt OF the product III man
ner not well understood
Theme (C3, mo, Nj, O2), the same
rs Caffeine. exists III tea iii proportion
OF about 3.per cent. In somc black tc;.
ito per cent. This is The nutrltiotl,
portion ot the ca infusion. The nurI-
live value of any food is estimated by
the amount OF nitrogen it contains NJ
aiiinentart BODY, not even lean meat,
contains 50 much nitrogen prupor,loH-
ailv n theme. Tirerc are two comiI-
tion- very comm III waen tea would
seem specially indicated in old ase and
ia c1nvale,eiice. In BON Of lhe.. c.,,t-
ditions the stomach i, feeble. ard s,s-iin-
iIatlon too tccbl. ior the demand, uf
Ile stem. II ie,, we ii lI me tu,,f
c c,uct.n.rt.eI tool wit,I,t /, or no en-
p.nIilure nt vial l,r,.e ,,,. ,,.i,s,,Iuiu,ti.,Y
l. sand, iustell oi tae form II f,.u,.,
OF the body. and take, tAc place of tjlrn
and relieves them from thrir wu.fii,ts
tu.n.,i,n, TINS i,,,fr rha,na m ~.
hcyi,, u. livi,, .i.tt. t, ,a...,,..,t,