Nutrition and Stimulants: Tea.- China: in the district for European traders in the port of Canton; three Europeans and one Chinese are sitting at a western-style table during dinner; In the foreground; the black tea preferred by the Europeans is filled in boxes: one man in each box is stomping the tea leaves (During the long journey of mostly 32 weeks; the quality of green tea tended to spoil; a reason why black tea was valued higher in Europe). -Chinese; silk painting; 1st third of the 18th centuryPlate 44.From a Chinese album with 50 plates on the cultivation and extraction of tea.D閜. Estampes; RESERVE PET FOL-OE-78.Paris; Biblioth鑡ue Nationale.