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Black coffee.
This is an afternoon beverage and is considered very wholesome. It is made very
strong and served in small cups 15 or 20 minutes after dinner. Gentlemen usually
mix it with brandy or wine. Black coffee is best made with the filtering
process.
TEA.
General remarks.
The botanical name of the shrub is Camillia thea. Neither its origin nor the
date of its first cultivation in China is now known. The teas of China are
classed as black and green--distinctions not of different species of the plant,
but to the age of the leaf when gathered, and method of preservation. Each has
several sub-varieties named from the district which produced the article or some
peculiarity in the article itself. The quality of tea depends greatly upon the
age of the leaf at the time of picking The younger the leaf, the more delicate
the flavor. Of black teas are Bohea, Congon, Souchong,
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