Tea Balls Small 320×218 Medium 640×436 Large 1024×698 Download TIFF Original 3192×2175 | (1.8 MB) Description The tea leaves are steamed until they reach a desirable fragrance. They are then rolled or kneaded by hand into balls. Keywords brewing, kneading tea leaves, making tea, rolling tea leaves, tea balls, tea leaf treatment, tea making process 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
