Tea At $175 Per Pound

There is a brand of Chinese tea worth $175 a pound. It is tac pickings of the first tips of the blossoms. The greateet care must le taken in the picking, and-nothing but the bright, golden-hued tip taken off the blossoms All the picking of this grade is carefully done by hand. The prNaeess of drying these tips is as delicate as the picking. The annual output is estimated at 12,000 pounds, valued at $2,100 090 I But five pounds of this tea have ever been known to have reached the United States, exeepting a few pounde placed on exhibiüon at the World's Fair.