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قراءة كتاب Tea and Tea Drinking
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TEA AND TEA DRINKING.
BY
ARTHUR READE,
AUTHOR OF "STUDY AND STIMULANTS"
London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1884.
[All rights reserved.]
LONDON:
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Introduction of Tea | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Cultivation of Tea | 18 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Tea-Meetings | 32 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| How to make Tea | 49 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Tea and Physical Endurance | 66 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Tea as a Stimulant | 79 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Friends and the Foes of Tea | 105 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Tea as a Source of Revenue | 134 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page | |
| Sorting Tea in China | Frontispiece |
| A Tea Plantation | 25 |
| Watering a Tea Plantation | 41 |
| Gathering Tea-Leaves | 57 |
| Pressing Tea-Leaves | 73 |
| Pressing Bags of Tea | 89 |
| Drying Tea-Leaves | 108 |
| Sifting Tea | 125 |
| Tea-Tasting in China | 137 |
PREFACE.
The question of the influence of tea, as well as that of alcohol and tobacco, has occupied the attention of the author for some time. Apart from its physiological aspect, the subject of tea-drinking is extremely interesting; and in the following pages an attempt has been made to describe its introduction into England, to review the evidence of its friends and foes, and to discuss its influence on mind and health. An account is also given of the origin of tea-meetings, and of the methods of making tea in various countries. Although the book does not claim to be a complete history of tea, yet a very wide range of authors has been consulted to furnish the numerous details which illustrate the usages, the benefits, and the evils (real or imaginary) which surround the habit of tea-drinking.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION OF TEA.
Introduced by the East India Company—Mrs. Pepys making her first cup of tea—Virtues of tea—Thomas Garway's advertisement—Waller's birthday ode—Tea a rarity in country homes—Introduced into the Quaker School—Extension of tea-drinking—The social tea-table a national delight—England the largest consumer of tea.
"I sent for a cup of tee—a China drink—of which I had never drank before," writes Pepys in his diary of the 25th of September, 1660. It appears, however, that it came into England in 1610; but at ten guineas a pound it could scarcely be expected to make headway. A rather large consignment was, however, received in 1657; this fell into the hands of a thriving London merchant, Mr. Thomas Garway, who established a house for selling the prepared beverage. Another writer states that tea was introduced by the East India Company early in 1571. Though it may not be possible to fix the exact date, one fact is clear, that it was a costly beverage. Not until 1667 did it find its way into