, 1874-08-22

w. L. rogers anu Nl1E, LAX u lk4 tQDi&0 l1u
wife, do; Mrs D.. Mci.rsn, do; !; Iru. BRADLEY, Do;
A. 0. Dutlor, dp; Isaac 7. Wise, st. t4ous.
TEA.
some NOtos About 1t.
It Ia not our purpose In tho present paper to
enter upon any longthoned diBquisition aa TO tho
cultivation OF tho tea-plant or tho manner in
Which all the various descriptions Of tea are pre-
pared for the foreign consumer; but, Whi1o
glaucing briefly at tow incidental mattorB up
portaiuing to the toa trado which appear to uB
offer soms explanatory remarks with regard to
the names by which some OF tho principal vArie-
ties Of the loaf arc known among tle Chinese.
Tie four great toa.ports Of Chinh are Canton
e CORRUPTION of tia Chinese Kuang-chou},
Foochow, Shanghai, and Hankox, which derives
its nauls, Hun-mouth," from tho fact Ut it's
boing placed at the point whore the niyor Han
flows into tho Yang-tsze kiaug, 682 geographical
lniles from Shanghai. This great port III Central
treaty, aud, oddly enough, though It is such a
populous and blBy place, tue ChiueBe do not call
It city Of oven Tho third Glass; but It IL consil-
cred tho h1st Of tho five cltess, or great conmer-
cial martB, Of tho Empire; honco tie natives very
Hankow.
It IL hardly necessary to remark that both
black aud greon teas are exported from China to
oteiEu countries ; tho latter, however, ia tho
less important branch Of tho trade, for in 1872
the green teas formed only one-soYonth part OF
the tuaole amount exported, mud ope-rhirteentl
part Of the amount which was sent to tls coun-
try.
At QUO time it used to bc tho fashion iu En-
gland to cali all tea "bollea," This torn, it1nay
be well to remark, was derived by Foreigners
from tbs CANTONESE pronunciation Of tue Woo
lea or Woo-hHi Hills, in the Province Of Fohkien.
Of which the port of Fo0choW IL now the outlet.
Tho chief kinds OF black tea arc known by the
FN.
pekoe (which used sometimes to be written
pocco); aud the main varieties OF green tea
called young hyBon hyHon. hysou-Bkin, gun
powder. aud tEankay. besides these, thero are
many Subsidiary names, Of which moro auon.
With regard to the meaning Of tho terms,
many Of ths namos contaiu an alluslon to tho
color or Bhapc Of tue leaf. tho tins Of gather
ing, or tho way in which it IL prepared, Cougou
In d corruption Of kung.t which simply means
nesa fol sGas's ts tGa word % tpG pexoo @
Is arrived At through tho Cantonese dia-
loot froul pal hao, j. o.. "Whilo down OIL hair"
This kind IL 80 called because it IL made from
the young spsiug-loat buds whilo thero is still
ton Of the words he Tor hsi) chan that is, far
springs" the Chinese e1prassion for young hy-
sou IL yu cltien, l. O.. before the sains,' by
which it II sgnited that this description of lear
occurs in tho third moon tApri). ,Hyson-skta il
the foreign designation Of pa-cha. literally ''skln
teas" tue native name for gunpowder tea iB
y,ta,.-choo. s'round pearls;" aud twankay is
corruption Of Tun-kae, "beacon-brook," the
't%i oths1 or %uds R'asS' of black toa ara orange
Chinese gall respectively s.hangssa;ng' %yery
fragrant aha iszeao .oa e.rna.3I mar
h'aaa-nsoeH ,aa sme.1 . rea - paum,oioasom pns,
tseao-Se, spasso"s ,m % aonsue po0eaoag lpao-
in small parcels; campoi (chie,-pei), "carefnl
or sat9cteu ntlhB caoo-sah, poa1l-aoMst' 50
natnoa oaGaaso 1ne .oasos ate ssoateu WIZ thas
lio"ef; ooto'1q W. t"a4l AGA " uiabuni tneu
~ ,t+aprn ppS' autmu iiev :, nfe
ats. nt,'ent ai. rntee1I, aueminn i, uem. o.c.
res2e na J'usss na a,oo ca'i % GauH.H, H. G, "
'fIlnco oJeolo". oepuk Ii stlnp.J sho oaIto-
noSe Msma 10 o' w. nf,nn tno Roynoe ~
" Tnen anAI" 10. ~ T,uo,v u aaan,, nua. y.
shSse ate - mefoy sntoan sons' M ssoMi IN luz
a's.iots u. aonns ~ ~ ,; ios moy-n"y
M1litaty leet any M " , uton'nno": suonsn
wo aaes aonus H. ~ x.t pah
ss thoy arg cid ccroditsd. ' Wv AD'' ''A' "'' "''''a
~ Ane ssoen ~ sassiso, a1,,o Jouns Hssoh W. 10 a.ao
cat!ea a Me!:p!e's. " pHu pelIs on nysou
u u n1 sas'! -. r. gl uoa.,pu,n6 nhla hsuhk.!o T.
Of i suno " ae nao ~ y. raus' eanPomoor u
lmpo'i;ai ;i tHschoo g or "greet poarls there is
also a, Kind OF green ten called cAoo-1a'. "pearl
ngmet. W.n;.,. H.. ,,.a,,o,,, H., cn;n l.,,
hoa.aes .ne Iofsgolng: .no Gnahose nave Soy
eIa! osnar naHer lHr aerent k4nas Of aea, suon
~ ~ Ie,aseady, n;9, Sa ns!ancG' ;Mog,. osa mana
" i} nugesaty GyooioMs y'".enTsA, Snref nee-
a1e; . tsso.e"Mn, aa eat'y spring 2oo~tsag,
"Mt1er y. ~ c'oses, usc'
cho19 names ,,l are fancy ,aaRlgnataons OF
pae0eis sh, oi t.rao, .ea anH aa ~osa ehop belongs
70 hnat lareoh eaNea plgeon Tor psdgsn)
Englisl!, oy means q Which eotnmercisi!
transactions arc moHt commonly oarriod
on IN China, owing to tue foreign and
natlyo traders not bo'llg acquainted with one
anothors lauguaRes. Tue term olop ls not u
very detinite ono for 1t ia applied at ono time to
parcel Of one or two hundred cleals. aud st
ANOTHER to ona OF pix or BoYen hundred,