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After the curling and further air drying the leaves were then fed through a oven for the last drying stage. The oven runs at 110 degrees centigrade, and the leaves go through on a conveyor belt.
Leaves about to poured into the hopper of the drier.
A side view of the dryer.
The
last stage of processing is to sotr the leaves into different grades, the larger
leaves, the smaller ones and the dust for the tea bags.
Having
a smell of some tea. The way to smell it is to take a small amount, roll
it in the hands, blow over it to give a bit of warm moisture and then take a
sniff.
