ting it to turn under and in the The leaves, all hot, on the bamboo basket, hand two or three whole revolutions, before are laid on a table that has a narrow rim the arms are extended to their full length, on its back, to prevent these baskets from and drawing the ball of leaves quickly slipping… … (fig. 3). The ball of tea leaves is from time to prevent them from falling into the fire and occasioning a smoke, which would affect to time gently and delicately opened with the fingers, lifted as high as the face, and and spoil the tea. This slap on the basket is invariably applied throughout the…
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877 · Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787-1851 · Photography
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