Tea

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top 1000The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

By Fannie Merritt Farmer

Published 1896

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Tea is used by more than one-half the human race; and, although the United States is not a tea-drinking country, one and one-half pounds are consumed per capita per annum.

All tea is grown from one species of shrub, Thea, the leaves of which constitute the tea of commerce. Climate, elevation, soil, cultivation, and care in picking and curing all go to make up the differences. First-quality tea is made from young, whole leaves. Two kinds of tea are considered:—

Black tea, made from leaves which have been allowed to ferment before curing.