Poo-Urh Tea - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 66448 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 28.01 THEACEAE Camellia sinensis | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Poo-Urh Tea | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | China | TDWG Region | China | ||
| Parts Held | Poo-Urh Tea | Geography Description | China, Yunnan | ||
| Uses | Poo-Urh TeaUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Fryer John | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1879 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Brought as a tribute to Peking 'The Chinese drink a cup of the tea after a heavy meal as a digestive, even two cups may be indulged in but three would be productive of inconvenience and four positively dangerous' Extract of letter from GMW, Playfair dated Pekhoi Feb 20 1883 'Poo-urh' tea of Yunnan said to be used to aid digestion after heavy meals than usual. It is not to be purchased in any part of China that I have been to. It is sent in tribute to Peking and can only be obtained in the L, . of China when bought by officials from Yunnan. See letter from John Fryer to Sir Joseph Hooker dated near Port Said Feb 15 1879 | ||||