Tea, its history and mystery

About this eBook

Author

Walsh, Joseph M.

Original Publication

United States: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1892.

Credits

Steve Mattern, Gísli Valgeirsson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Tea

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72306

Release Date

December 4, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TEA —ITS— HISTORY AND MYSTERY
2. 2.PREFATORY.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY. — INTRODUCTION INTO EUROPE. — TEA AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FORM. — SUBSTITUTES IN USE FOR TEA.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION. — PLANTING AND PICKING. — CURING AND FIRING. — PREPARATION OF GREEN TEAS. — PREPARATION OF BLACK TEAS. — GRADING AND PACKING.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION . — CHINA TEAS. — China Green Teas — Sub-Varieties of Green Teas. — China Black Teas — Oolong Teas. — CONGOU, SOUCHONG AND SCENTED TEAS, — CONGOU TEAS. — KAISOW OR RED-LEAF CONGOUS — MONING OR BLACK-LEAF CONGOUS — NEW DISTRICT CONGOUS — SOUCHONG TEAS — SCENTED TEAS — OTHER CHINESE VARIETIES. — JAPAN TEAS. — INDIA TEAS. — SUB-VARIETIES OF INDIA TEA. — CEYLON TEAS. — JAVA TEAS. — OTHER VARIETIES OF TEA. — PARAGUAYAN TEA. — TRADE GRADINGS OF TEA.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. ADULTERATION AND DETECTION. — “FACED” OR COLORED TEAS. — FOREIGN OR SPURIOUS LEAVES IN TEA. — TRUE TEA-LEAVES. — SPENT OR EXHAUSTED LEAVES IN TEA — SAND AND MINERAL MATTER IN TEAS — IRON AND STEEL FILINGS IN TEA
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. TESTING, BLENDING AND PREPARING. — TEA-BLENDING AS A FINE ART. — SPECIMEN BLACK TEA BLENDS. — SPECIMEN GREEN TEA BLENDS. — SPECIMEN SCENTED TEA BLENDS. — INDO-CHINA TEA BLENDS. — SOME ENGLISH BLENDS. — VARIOUS METHODS OF PREPARING FOR USE. — BEVERAGES PREPARED FROM TEA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. CHEMICAL, MEDICAL AND DIETICAL PROPERTIES. — MEDICINAL EFFECTS. — DIETICAL PROPERTIES. — TEA AS A STIMULANT. — TEA AND THE POETS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. WORLD’S PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION. — TABLE 1. ESTIMATED TEA PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. — TABLE 2. ESTIMATED TEA CONSUMPTION OF THE WORLD. — TABLE 3. SUMMARY. — TABLE 4. — TABLE 5. — TABLE 6. — TABLE 7. — TABLE 8.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. TEA-CULTURE, A PROBABLE AMERICAN INDUSTRY.

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