Krausse, A: Story of the Chinese Crisis (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of the Chinese Crisis

The natural wealth and resources of China are exceptional, even when viewed with an appreciation of its size and population. Its most important articles are, of course, tea and silk, though, owing to the careless preparation of the plant and the improved methods followed in Ceylon, the tea trade is decreasing. Besides these, China produces vast quantities of wax, cotton, and rice, which are exported by the shipload.

The best black tea is produced in the province of Hupeh, the choicest green in Anwei. The inferior qualities are mostly used in the prepara tion of brick tea. The process consists in welding the inferior leaf and dust together with mucilage and water into the form of a brick. Thus prepared, the tea keeps well. It is easily portable, and much used by the Russians and people of Siberia and Mongolia. In the latter country brick tea often passes as the standard of ex change, and serves in the place of a coinage.

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