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When the leaf has all been worked dovJn to the re- TEA ON ITS WAY TO POYANG LAKE quired size, it is read]? for the final firings ; of tKese, tKere are usually tKree, the tea being placed in baskets o^)er slow charcoal fires. Firing bp the Chinese method is a great art, and though laborious is undoubtedly superior to the machine firing, as is evident by the superior keeping powers of China tea. The repeated firings are to insure the expelling of all moisture from the leaf, slowl>), vJithout dest...ro>)ing the flavor and substance of the tea. The leaf is then carefully bulked, and after again being lightl>> fired, is packed while still warm into the vPell-known lead-lined China half-chests ; it is now ready for transporting to the market in Hankow*. From the Kimun side of the Wooling Shang range, a number of small rivers flow westward into the Poyang lake, which in turn con- nects with the Yangtsze River. This is the route by which the Keemun teas reach Hankow, and v?hich we followed. The first part of the journey from Keemun to Jo^>?chow, at the entrance to the Poyang lake, is done in ver;?
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