NELSON MOATE AND CO. AT THE EXHIBITION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2317, 30 December 1889, Page 2

NELSON MOATE AND CO. AT THE EXHIBITION.

("OtagoDaiy Tlmea.") It Is comparatively speaking within recent yeata tnat Urge as have bneo our imputta, the attention of colonists haa been Itueiagently directed to the advantages of blending teat. To the firm of Mebßts Nolaon, Moato 4 aud Co. wo. owe the introduction into the colony of the eyatem of bleeding. Nine years ago this | firm beoame established In business In Gbrlatohuroh. Soon their success warranted them m exteadlng their operations and at the present day substantial warehouses, at which thole teas are exposed foe sale, are to bo Been m all the lu&dlog towna In the oolouy, as well as In Tasmania. They have agencies m every town m New Zealand, Ecwt and Wett, from Ruuael to the Bluff. The way m whioh their buainesj has expanded haa baea little abort of wonderful, and »fl >rde suffialect proof that tbeir gjoda have met with tha appreciation of me public As an additional indioatiuQ of the growth of ihAc trade, it may be mentioned that laat year Messrs Nelson, Moste, and Co, were the Importers of ever a fourth of the total quantity of tea that was 'auded In Naw ZeaUna even whan the impovts of the Urge mercantile firms are ta. en into considers lion Of Indian, China, and Ceylon teas they are the Urgent importers. The firm ht>B bo firmly established itself In tne colony that an exhibuiuu ia ttew Zealand would hardiy be compete, did it no. include a diapl»y ef tudir ilended teas ; aud an exhibit ot thaira can fairiy claim to come under the category ot a local exhibit, imemuch aa the blending is dooe m the culooy Messrs Nelson, Moate, and Co. cla ; m to he the only iea experts m fsew Zealand. The blending of tea is Baid to bi a apodal gift which cannot be acquired, eveu with the greatest amount of experience, unless tbe would-be blender has the taster's palate. Mr Nelson ia the tea expert of the firm, and was Bpsc;a!ly t-aiied ai a toablendar. The exhibits of Meawa Nelson, Mcate, and Co. are oootainad m three Bhow casea, which are placed m a row m the avenue between the Br.tiah a~d Foreign exhibits. The show cas s are large and handsome, and are connected by aiches. At the apax of each arch there is ia opan woodwork a well-executed imitation of the firm's familiar trianguUr-ahaped trade mark, wilh its pyramidal deßlgn m the interior. Tha exhibits are neatly arranged m packets and 'boxes, but open samples of different varieties are shown. They comprise the four standard blends of Meaßra Nelson, Moate, and Go. — the teas that are sold everywhere, and that have been tried by nearly everyoody, at the prices of 2s, 2a 4d, 2a Bd, and 3s per lb. Then thera are the *' Jumbo blends, whioh are oE pure Indian teas and ate qu "ted at 2j and 2i 4d, The "Cingalese" blends, of pure Ceylon teas, and an assortment of China tea) are also Included. There are ecma special lines m sun-dried flower Pekoea, the prioa of v. hid* ranges from 21s alb ; sun dried Oolongs, whioh fetch from 18s a lb ; and a variety of Congous of all grades. The firm also snow 10 samples of Ceylon Pekoea, which are all said to ba tea 5 of excellent quality. Another exhibit consists of ten samples of India Pekoes, whioh inolude some of the choicest grown this season— one of them, a golden Pekoe, ooating 4s m India. Among the several exhibits of teas that are made la the exhibition, Messrs Nelson, Moate, and Co. oan certainly olaim a foremost place tor theirs.— -(Advt >