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BBJIADA.S'r BBVBUGlis.
•
and
other~
sympt.oma
occur,
which
can
only be referred
to
the
decided
influence
it
poe-
8e8Se8
over the
lf~le
nervou system.
Weak~
~n
the
COJ?-t~, rarely~
even
with
in-n–
lids,
and
it
1s
folllld to
be
refres~
and
agreea–
ble
in
a.
variety
of
maladies.
In
aCldition to
the
substances described,
tea
also
contai.na a peculiar
substance called Thien,
which,
according
to the
theory of the celebrated
German
chemist Liebeg,
plays an important
pa.rt
in
the
nutrition
of
the
sy:;tem.
·
The
making
of
tea
is
a subject. ffery one
it
IO
well pracfued in,
that
it
is
scarcely necessary
to
give
directions
1
the
eeaential
:requisi_tes
are :-
1. Good
tea ;
~
A
good
tea.pot,
that
JS,
one
of
a
plain
shape,
free
f'roin
ornaments, which give •
larger surface
t.o
throw
off the heat, or
from
ilu-.
tings
and mouldings,
which
prenmt
the
inside
be!ng
wiped clean
and
dry after
use. ..
8.
9
soft water. When aofi
water
cannot
be
ob ·
a small portion of carbonat.e of
eoda
is
often.
to
correct
the
hardnees
of
the
water, but
in
gen–
.era!
it
is
employed
in
great
uceu,
when it _...
deriJ the tea soapy
a.nd
mawkish ; for a
~
tea–
pot
a qua.ntity ihe,aize of a
pea
is
&mflY
sWDcient.
As
the
making
of
tea
is
a sub3ect
in
which
every
one
is
interested;
we
add the directiona
of
two men almoet equally celebmt.ed, the one u
a
poet,
the other aa a
cvUinittr
(or
cook). .
· TEA-LEIGH HUNT'S RECIP.li:.
'Dear reader, male or female (very dear,
if
the latter),
do ·
you know how
t.o
make
good
tea
1