IN ROLLING PRESSURE ON THE LEAF SQUEEZES OUT THE JUICES WHICH GIVE THE TEA ITS CHARACTERISTIC FLAVOR THE ROLLING ALSO GIVES THE LEAF THE ''TWIST'' OR CURLED SHAPE WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN SOME RACKETED TEA.
THE MAIN TYPES OF ROLLIN MACHINES OR PROCESSES ARE :
*A CIRCULAR HARDWOOD TABLE RIDGED WITH ''BATTENS'' ABOVE WHICH MOVES A ROTATING BOX , FROM WHICH THE LEAF EMERGES.
* THE ROTORVANE - A CYLINDER AND SCREW WHICH WORKS RATHER LIKE THE ORIGINAL 'MEAT MINCER'
* THE CTC MACHINE (CUTTING,TEARING,CURLING)
* THE LEAF EMERGES FROM WHICHEVER FROM OF ROLLING IN STICKY LUMPS WHICH THEN HAVE TO BE BROKEN APART BY A SEPARATE MACHINE - THE ROLL-BRAKER.
