p. 11 | Colored Japanese Tea

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 1, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 30.

Colored Japanese Tea

The American prohibition of the importation of colored Japanese tea is a severe blow to Japan. The Japanese color the tea-leaves in order to make them uniform, but it is really considered an unhygienic practise. A Japanese paper declares that it must be abandoned or the tea market in America is ruined. Prussian blue is used for the coloring. Of course it is not wholesome, nor is the tea itself. It would be better if each individual who is a tea-drinker would prohibit himself from using tea, of any kind. It certainly is not needed; at the very best it is an expensive luxury, and in fact a health and nerve destroyer.