The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-11-28
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r.--,, more tasn u .:Hary III .gest.
III. srs:cle II dcg.J,d,p shs sz.ali -
a,tsn q one particular kiad oi Ia
nsmeIy, c per; this, though res-IiD.i IN
o;;:.. ardiy black tea, has more the
properties OF I green tea. There are
two descriptions u i: in tie maj Eet-
namely, Canton and Foochow csper,
the latter being considered tie best
1t is usually scented, and Is Tor the
Incst matt used for mixing with other
teas Il il never, we believe, used by
it-eIi in Enala cut Of tie n0itheTn
portions OF the Midland COuntle-,
where il l. oc ;asioually taken unml xed.
The great bulk OF the cayer imported
- used in the manufacturing GI-tFIct',
and a h;tle is used also In the West Of
Ea.!ana The proportions employed
m mixing varies from one-iourth to
op. hail and in Lane lshire even more
l.. som,. iis,aIc,z. III Lond,n caper
i-N,ry InIe used. Tie samples. the
r,y-u.t. ol the rigid analyses OF which
are given in the report, where Obtain
cd from brokers and merchants. aOst
of them came from different ships, and
Ineieiare Ihey represent large bulAs
"i t., aud The twenty samples tested |
Ner, I4ken jIst a. they came 10 hand,
and without selection. OftLe twenty !
teas anal, zed, one only was found 10
be z, nuine, and that was the foocEow
caper The ether niieieen samples
were adulteTated. All these were
faced with plumbago or black lead,
contained lie tea, iron filings, Fan"
aud fragments OF quiriz il vaTiab.e
Gusmtities. But we must here pause
TO describe what is meant by The /
term 'q.e-tea." This name has
been very candidly given the
article by the Chinese themselves,
for it consists not OF tea leaves,
but of tea dust, or the dust Of leaves
not tea, sand, frequently iron-finngs,
made uP Win gum or starch INTO ii.t.e
MASSES, laced with plumbasO in inlita
ton OF caper, or with Plussian blue
aud turrHcric ia imitation Of gGnpow
der teas, The Quantities OF iron
filings met with in the 20 teas varied
from OG 10 Sc per cent OF tie tea,
from 90 To II SO, aul the ASH OF the
lie tea from 10 o5 TO no less than % %
per cent. In place of about 5 per cent.
present in genuine tel. The exJrac
tive matter of genuine green tea be ,
ing about 40 per cent, that ot the
aiulterated teas ranged from 2G 60 10
1874. TIE theme, one of the princi !
pal constituents OF tea, present In
green tea in the proportion of about
3 per cent, was in nearly all cases de
ficient, ard in one instance as low Is
O 50 per cent. IL is Illus seen that the
practice OF adulterating this descrip :
ton of tea in a very scandal oUs Inan e,
ner is very common. No doubt many
of the samples were of inferior quality, =,
yet the prices at which tie different :,
samples were offered for sale varied as q.
much as 800 TO 400 per c,Et., without, =,
however, any corresponding differ 81.
eI,c-s of quality being, rs & rule, ob :,
From the small quantities ;,
OF iron filings met with in some OF
the teas tits cbvioa~ that they are add /
cd in many cases not Tor the sake oi
bulk or weight, but Tor q purpose to
be mentioned hereafter, although In
some instances the amount Was 80 q,
as to aud materially 10 u
the weight of the tea. The sand ana "
particles itstone, consisting mostly ii "
quartz, We're doubtless aided solely
for ihe purpose OF iucfcaAing the
eight OIe of t e narnlles OF lea q. x
aminod contained nea' IT, SIX per cent OF
iron-liliDgs. Now, since tea contEi-s "
naturally large quantity of tsnhin (
there are thus brought tcge;ber the :
txo chief constituents which enter into y
the composition Of ink, and by appro- =
pirate treatment a bottle oi ink was u
made from the tea i'll q1estion, and OF =
which the article we are DOW noticing -
WAS in part written. What has thus -
been accomplished la the laboratory "
il is not impossible may arise in the T
human stomach, into which large sdhl- =
terated iron-flmg tea has been receiv "
ed. The object OF the Chinese IN add !"
ing iron-fiIings TO tea is now therefore :
apparent The mon, slowly dissolved II
by the aid of The tea, forms taunate al
Of iron, and the color of the infusion =
made With such tea becomes thereby
larkened. 1t is, ther, to prepare a :,
Tea which will furnish dark solution, =,
so greatly preferred by many people,
hat the Chinese have been led 10 u "
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