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| Outside the Blending rooms and
hotel |
Chang Tai has a built in hotel
for blenders |
My room |
The boss' office |
Chang Tai's collection of old tea |
The lobby at the hotel/office |
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| Sign made of tea |
Zhou Yu enjoying tea on arrival |
Winnowing tea |
Stacks of mao cha waiting to be processed |
More winnowing |
You have to wear funny factory-suits inside |
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| Zhou Hsien Bang smelling the mao
cha |
Hard at work |
Steaming tea for compression |
Compressing a bing while he gets the next one
ready--productive! |
Modern compression section |
Modern compression |
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| Weighing and steaming |
Compressed cakes drying on
racks |
Cakes drying by fan |
Dried cakes waiting to go to be packaged |
Cleaning up the cakes |
A stack of cakes waiting to go
to the drying room. |
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| Me steaming my own cake |
Compressing my cake |
The two masters admire my
handiwork |
The plant manager discussed the current order |
Tea waiting to be packaged |
Wow that's a lot of tea! |
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| Wrapping process 1 |
Wrapping process 2 |
Wrapping process 3 |
She does this unbelievably fast and effeciently |
The pile never shrinks |
A fine day's wrapping |
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| Shaking out the bamboo strips to
tie tongs |
Separating them |
When the splinters are removed
and there separate, then their ready |
Making a tong 1 |
Making a tong 2 |
Making a tong 3 |
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| Making a tong 4 |
Making a tong 5 |
Her friend ties it for here |
She's quick like the wrapper nextdoor |
She uses a weight to help make the tie tight |
One morning's work |
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| Boxing up the tongs |
Finally, waiting to be shipped |
Back to the hotel |
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