The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-10
FACTS
ABOUT THE TEA WE DRINK.

nave srelI l.. ut there is, aud it is of al teas
h. sweetest. purcst. and I,ost fragrant You
ASK al once how it is tina il is not offered for
ale ~ shat YOU know nothing of it. That is
nnawe .d easily; but it is necessary 70 present
ii.st a Jew details. The public only knows
two general classes. viz. the green and the
black icas. /.
Green Teas.
Few reotlc en w tIat the bright bluish
green .; the ordina y teas exposed in
the window /. Lot the natural color I'm
pheasant as tie fact may be, II is nevertheless
a.f.hr.ia'; Frussian blue silica, gypsum,
iiumbag' and other uuhealthful mineral
rs being used for his purpose The effect
is tSoi,d |. not o,.ly cakes the tea a bright
shiny t-act;vc green, but also permits the
use uf : Ulf-color" and worthless teas, which
once under the green Cloak. a-e readily
WORKED of : n good quality of tea Theabom-
Unable coloring practice even admits OF the
use of foreign substances. and the English
goverlmen which looks closer into,the gen.
uinene,S of lis apies than ours, has il some
of the ale-. ii - Il est" Of teas found redried
leaves strrw, fragments of mating, rice
husSs. aad :. iilow caves II fact, il is openly
s.a:el by an English authority that hundreds
Of Louisa ids If pounds of sloe, ash, and will
low leaves a.e annually imported as tea.
which with ,u- the coloring process would be
in; ossible. They report tea as one of the most
notorioa iy ad liberated articles of commerce.
The temptation to make sweepings and bad
tea into mere hantable product with q few
cents worth of green coloring matter is too
strong to with stand and the worthlessness of
the trash that often finds its way to this mar
ket labeled New Crop" 90 Fest Quality"
Green Tea" etc, would simply astound the
public If revealed. TO say nothing Of the un-
heal. hfulness of the Prussian blue, plum
bago, gypsum, and the other mineral co1ors
tina. are employed
Black Teas.
The basket and pan-fired Japan teas, as wei
as the China teas that may be included under
the general heading of !" black teas f" get their
coOr from the firing toasting process, but
mineral coloring matter is also frequently
used to give q certain desired commercial
appearance. The firing and the coloring, as
in the green teas, largely conceals the iden-
tity of the tea and permits the use of the
very cheapest teas, to argue nothing for the
deteriorating effect of excessive firing (which
must be resorted to when a very cheap prod
net is used and an extreme color desired.
Beech's Tea (Sun-dried).
Concerni g sun-dried teas the people of the
Pacific Coast have heard but little and know
less, although it is extensively used where it
when tea is poor it cannot be sold at home
safely shipped to the English markets, it is
shipped tn America; that we will drink any
thing That may possibly be one OF the rea-
sons we have not been offered sun-dried teas
They were good enough to send elsewhere.
The sun-dried teas being sun-cured,
coloring matter is used, hence nothing but
pure tea leaves can be employed; for unas-
sisted by manipulation or coloring, all at
tempts at adulteration or the introduction of
fo eieu leaves or material would be bold and
glaring. That it is, therefore, sweeter and fan
more fragrant than the artifcially' colored
green teas and the manipulated basket
pan-ired teas, you hardly need be told. That
it is more healthful than the mineral -coloIed
teas, is also apparent That it is more expen.
sive, is also true; and that is another reason
you have never seen it There is n't much
profit in it as there is in the cheap adulter-
ated and colored teas.
About the Cost OF Teas.
According to the custom-house reports, the
amount of tea received at San Francisco last
year (ls9ol was 6, $40, ,137 pounds. and the value
se56, ,29o, or a fraction over l3c per poand
The consumer, of which the reader was one.
paid for that 1sc tea all the way fr III DC 10
81 per pound In other words. for tiia $<5f .aj.
worth of tea the consumer paid between four
and five millions of dollars There are your
enormous profits, and there you Will pr. bably
find the chief reason why most OF you never
heard of a sun-dried tea AS the sun dried teas
have no mask. they are compelled TO be abso-
lutely pure and of better quality than the
artifcially colored and manipulated teas.
Hence the margins Oh them are smaller. and
many dealers dont care about handling them,
and you know nothing about them. But IT is
the object of this article to tell you where you
can get them, and what to ask for. and all
about them.
"2eect's Tea"
"Beech's Tea" qua -anteed to be the pure
sun-cured leaves, is now offered to the people
of the Pacific Coast. Il will be revelation
to you. You doubtless never saw any nat
urai leaf Have your grocer break open
package 1t will be found in color to be just
between the ar.iGcially colored green and
the black teas and the drawn tea presents q
clear. brilliant canary color, OF delightful
fragrance. IT. is offered to the people at 6oc
| per pound, the same price that many artih-
cially colored teas sold for. But its guar
anteed purity makes it more economical to
use; for less quantity, say about twenty
grains, is required per cup As there are
1850 grains to pound, there will be seen to
| be between three and four hundred cups to
| the pound, or at the rate of about one fifth of
a cent per cup. Its economy is. therefore
manifest. tits put up in one-pourd packages
only. in patent air-tight and meistHre-proof
parchment, with the trademark that is found
at the bottom of this article plainly printed
on the package 1t is sold in this form for
Two reasons; one is, that the original strength
| and aroma is preserved; and second, there
can be no deception, which would be quite
possible If it were sold in bulk, without the
| name and trademark attached.
Caution.
Reco1lect that the margin of profit is so
much smaller on Beech's pure sun-dried teas
than on the artifcially colored teas that you
won'sget it If tea by any other name can be
put of on you Ask for
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