The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom: Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund)
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The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom: Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund)
Botany, Economic
_The manufactory_.--The rooms of the manufactory ought to be large
and airy, and to consist of--1st, a black tea manufactory; 2nd, a
green tea manufactory; 3rd, winnowing room; and 4th, airing room. At
Almorah the black tea manufacturing room is 53 feet long by 20
broad, and the other three, 20 by 24. The walls are 18 feet in
height.
_Implements required in manufacturing_.--In the body of this report
I have noticed all the different kinds of implements required, I may
however, again briefly notice them, and give a short account of
each. Cast-iron Pans--In the manufactory there are two kinds in use,
one received from China, the other from England. Both are considered
equally good by the tea manufacturers, though in firing green tea
they prefer the Chinese ones, as they are thinner, and are thus by
them better able to regulate the heat. The Chinese pans are two feet
two inches in diameter, and 10 inches in depth, by about one-eighth
of an inch in thickness.
The English pans are two feet two inches in diameter, and eight
inches in depth, and rather thicker than the Chinese.
The oven for making black tea is made of kucha brick. In height it
is two feet nine inches, in length, three feet, and in breadth three
feet one inch. Door one foot five inches in height, and 11 inches in
breadth. The base of the oven is 10 inches elevated above the floor
of the manufacturing room.
The oven with double pans for manufacturing green tea, is also built
of kucha bricks. It is three feet in height and three feet in
breadth; base of oven one foot in height. Door one foot six inches
in height, and 10 inches in breadth. The pans are placed
horizontally.
A brush made of split bamboo, used in sweeping the tea leaves out of
the pans.
A basket for receiving tea from the pan when ready to be rolled. It
is 2 feet long, and 1½ feet broad, and gradually increases in depth
from before backwards to 6 inches. It is made of bamboo.
The mat made of bamboo for placing on the table when the tea leaves
are about to be rolled. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet broad.
A flat basket made of bamboo for spreading out the tea leaves when
they have been rolled on the mat. These flat baskets are of various
sizes, varying from 3 to 5 feet in diameter.
A flat sieve basket of 2 feet in diameter, made of bamboo, upon
which the rolled tea leaves are placed, and which is deposited in
the centre of the double-coned basket.
Double-coned baskets. The height of these baskets varies from 2 feet
2 inches to 2 feet 6 inches, external diameter 2 feet 8 inches. In
the centre there are some pegs of bamboo to support the flat sieve
basket on which the tea rests.
Forked sticks for turning leaves.
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