Tea; Its Effects, Medicinal and Moral |
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Page 88 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 100 - Tea, in England, hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
Page 101 - ... those eastern countries ; and upon knowledge and experience of the said Garway's continued care and industry in obtaining the best tea, and making drink thereof, very many noblemen, physicians...
Page 100 - It overcometh superfluous sleep, and prevents sleepiness in general, a draught of the infusion being taken ; so that, without trouble, whole nights may be spent in study without hurt to the body, in . H 2 that it moderately healeth and bindeth the mouth of the stomach.
Page 96 - Pere Couplet supped with me, and after supper we had tea, which he said was really as good as any he had drank in China." Had his lordship been in the general habit of drinking tea, he had not, probably, made it a subject for his diary. While the...
Page 97 - An Exact Description of the Growth, Quality, and Virtues of the Leaf Tea, by Thomas Garway, in Exchange Alley, near the Royal Exchange, in London, Tobacconist , and Seller and Retailer of Tea and Coffee...
Page 50 - For this purpose some lumps of a fine blue were produced, together with a white substance in powder, which from the names given to them by the workmen, as well as their appearance, were known at once to be prussian blue and gypsum* These were triturated finely together with a small pestle, in such proportion as reduced the dark colour of the blue to a light shade ; and a quantity equal to a...
Page 50 - ... or mortar, over furnaces. At each pan stood a workman, stirring the tea rapidly round with his hand, having previously added a small quantity of turmeric, in powder, which of course gave the leaves a yellowish or orange tinge; but they were still to be made green. For this purpose some lumps of...
Page 79 - Its climate is cold, healthy, and congenial to European constitutions ; its numerous crystal streams abound in gold dust, and masses of the solid metal : its mountains are pregnant with precious stones and silver ; its atmosphere is perfumed with tea growing wild and luxuriantly ; and its soil is so well adapted to all kinds of agricultural purposes, that it might be converted into one continued garden of silk, and cotton, and coffee, and sugar, and tea, over an extent of many thousand miles.
Page 49 - ... cargoes of green teas within the favourable season ; they were determined to have these teas ; and the Chinese were determined they should be supplied. Certain rumours being afloat concerning the manufacture of green tea from old black leaves, the writer of this became curious to ascertain the truth, and with some difficulty persuaded a Hong merchant to conduct him, accompanied by one of the inspectors, to the place where the operation was carried on. Upon reaching the opposite side of the river,...