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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3156, 6 April 1909, Page 6

NO MORE TROUBLE ABOUT DRESSMAKING ! ! JLi with Hendry and Buxton, for a Kaiapoi Costume, Jacket or Skirt. The season's sample book' has arrived. QUEEN STEEET, (Opposite Knox Church").

MOFFAT-VIRTUE SHEEPSHEARING MACHINES, AND TANGYE'S KEROSENE OR BENZINE ENGINES. . . \J Oil Engine Fittings, Steel Split ulleys, etc. JOHN CHAMBERS & SON, (LririTto.) tfELLINGTOJS. v Vnd at AUCKLAND, CHRISTCHUECH & DUNEDIN.

TEA BLENDING. N eminent Tea Expert, writing in the L " Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, says :—"Tea blending is a scientific art I and the acme of the art is to ' lift" blends ] up, not to depress them to a dull aver--1 age. The expert will blend ldw-priced, medium, and fine quality teas in such a way as to make a ' line liquoring,' not a medium cup. 'The great secret is to select for your 'fetching up' grade a tea that can dominate the blend. ' Fortius, great experience and a highly trained palate are essential. No hard and fast rules can be laid down, but , there is a great prize to be gained by the ! succeseful individual who by his skill can make, for two or three pence a pound less money, a blend that shall enual the more expensive one of the inexpert blender" In New Zealand expert tea blenders are few and far between, and while there are many brands of blended teas on the market, few are the work of real experts. For the most part the teas are mixed in a haphazard kind of way, the main object being the obtaining of a maximum profit. Uniformity of quality or flavour under such conditions i* impossible, and purity problematical. I There is one firm in New Zealand who ] have fjr many years been- selling the | finest blended teas in Australasia. j Blended by an expert of great experiI ence and unique skill, who also has the I great advantage of his firm's superior buying and capabilities, these teas are undoubted./ very fine examples of the blender's art, and at the various prices at which they are soJd they are undeniably the best value obtainable in the Dominion. We refer to "Tiger" Teas. That they have far so many years retained their supremacy and great popularity in the face of increased competition is evidence of the public's critical abilities. The peo'ple of New Zealane are, on the whole, good judges of tea, and as " Tiger " Tea is still the pick of the great majority, nothing further need be added, except that they are ob- ( tainable from all stores at Is 4d, Is 6d, Is Bd, Is lOd, and 2s per lb. That at Is 8d per lb is the most favoured at present, ft is a very fine tea, and those who cannot afford the higher priced "Tiger" Teas find it quite as good as other brands of tea at 2s a lb. Those, however, who are compelled to buy a low-priced tea will get the best value for their money, both in quality and flavour, if ••hey buy the low-priced " Tiger" blends.—(l).