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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4256, 22 August 1882, Page 4

„...,^,..,...-. - •••--■-*■ "■"'"Provisions ' ' ' ..." MEARS & CO,, r I^EAIiERS IN, AND \ DIRECT IMPOBTEBS OF ..f;;- fancy, Cg MAIZE, GROCERIES, g OATS Oil nuns BRAN, es' Ui SHARPS, PRESERVES. CHAFF, ■ ... —- . I"| &c, &c, &c, PRODUCE, , _ AT - r— -ABD- .n, Lowest, PRfIViSiOHS ff v>*c<* r EVERt DESCRIPTION. \^i, -THE BEST QUALITY.— NOW LANDING— New Season Teas. fiT We are now giving the Best Value ever offered on the Thames in this article. For Sterling Quality and Truly Delicous Flavor, OCR TEAS can not be surpassed. Try them and compare value with any other House in the Trade. %@T COMPETITION CHALLENGED, MFiEB, AND DEFEATED. NOW LANDING, And to Aerive, over— OAA BOXES and PACKAGES of New GEOOERIES and OIL-i t)|| If MEN'S STORES, PROVISIONSgand PRESERVES of Every Description. NOW LANDING, AND TO ARRIVE— 500 BAGS P OOD A A™^ pHAFF 200 d 0 0 4TS gOO d 0 B EAIf MEARS & CO.'S Customers are in every way liberally dealt with, no effort is spared on their part to give Satisfaction, and for Sterling Honest Value no other House can surpass them. They have the Largest, Cheapest, and Best Assorted Stock of the VERY CHOICEST BRANDS OF GOODS on the Thames to select from, and their Stock being always carefully selected in the Very Best Markets, LONG EXPERIENCE and CAPITAL places them in a position not only to Compete with, but SURPASS any OTHER HOUSE in the TRADE. <^* 10 per Cent, will be Saved by dealing with - HOW WE GET OUR CUP OF Sffl *MssF£lr m^m I F J*% ■"a Nearly all the fine mountain Teas gpi^^jj' 111 ■■■#11 mV^ arc grown in the Tea districts of Foochow. factors or native merchants buj them from the Tea growers, and then they are made into " chops " and sold rj-jjiA .European dealers connected BOASTING AND ROLLING THE Tea. *'i( h tlie foreif H Tfl. ft *? >c- ,The Tf a* -The Tea Roaster etnnd* on t he siae »- -having arrived overland are forwarded of the stove opposite the fireplace, and * ■"■■ In flat-bottomed boats to the principal taking sotnel-ares in hi/harids he Port 9» sucb a 8 Oanton or Shaughae. throws 'tlienifinto lhb"kuo " or pan, ho NHBanBnaaH g BBaHHH | MaiHB p then draws the leaves bark wards and •. forwards along the pan until (hey urc Wk Jl PY g^t^p^p—.jgTf sufficiently roasted j theleaves are-then M M■■ ■ ■ l\#l * * * "Jolled" upon a circular bamboo tray, \*r 111 ■ %J^p§fc|lp the workman rolling the leaves, until . • a small ball is formed, the leaves are aMMHiMMMiMMiBMMHM Ihen found twisted. HOW WE GET OUR CUP OF TEA.. SOETINO AW Sifting thb Tea.—After the Dryng is completed the Tea is carefully sifted and sorted into different kinds, suited to the foreign markets, a business which falls to the lot of women generally. The large, closely-twisted leares, bright in color form the Hyson Tea ; the email round curled leaves form the Gunpowder; the broken leaves, thin and small, form the Young Hjsin. Tea Dealers & (leneral Importers, POLLEN STREET, THAMES/ Goods Packed and Delivered to all parts of the Goldfield at Lowest Counter Prices. Storekeepers supplied on the most liberal terms. Orders from the Country receive our best attentiou. Branch Stores at Waitekauri, Which are Supplied with Every Description of Goods.