Tea Drying in Baskets

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Tea leaves are placed in tiered, horizontally arranged baskets. The floor has a channel running its entire length burning with charcoal; the baskets are placed above said channel in order to dry the leaves within.

Keywords

baskets, tea leaves, drying tea, tea making process, brewing tea

Galleries

Food, Tea Industry

Source

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1877 (Washington, District of Columbia: Government Printing Office, 1878) 360, plate VI

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