General Tea Glossary茶叶综合术语表

Afternoon Tea
The name given to the British meal taken mid-afternoon, comprising finger sandwiches, scones cakes and pastries accompanied by tea. The 7th Duchess of Bedford is reputed to have given birth to afternoon tea, early in the 19th century, when she decided to take tea to stave off the pangs of hunger she suffered between lunch and dinner.

Amoy
Fulien oolong teas marketed at Amoy.

Anhwei, Anhui
One of the provinces in China where tea is grown.

Assam
A region in northeastern India, known for its robust, high quality teas characterised by their smooth round, malty flavour.

Auction
Sale of tea in an auction room on a stipulated date at a specific time. Tea auctions are held in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya and Malawi- these auctions only sell teas from their particular areas. The London Tea Auction, held every Monday morning (barring public or bank holidays) in the City of London is the only true international tea auction, where teas from all over the world are sold.

Autumnal
Teas harvested in autumn and touched with cool weather. The term is normally applied to teas from India and Formosa.

Ball tea
China tea compressed in a ball to protect it against atmospheric changes.

Basket-fired
Japan tea that has been cured in baskets by firing or drying.

Billy tea
Tea made by Australian bushmen in billy cans.

Bitter tea
Tea brewing method used in Cashmere. Tea is boiled in a tinned copper vessel, red potash, aniseed and salt are added before it is served from a brass or copper, tinlined teapot.

Black tea
Tea that has been fired or dried after the fermentation or oxidisation period of manufacture.

Blend
Tea taster who decides on the proportions of each different tea required to produce the flavour of a given blend.

Bohea
Tea from the Wu-i Hills in Fukien, China. Originally was applied to black China tea and to tea from Indonesia. In the 18th century Bohea (Bo-hee) was the name given to the tea drink.

Break
An amount of tea, comprising a given number of chests or sacks of tea.

Brick tea
Common grades of China and Japan tea mixed with stalk and dust and moulded into bricks under high pressure. Originally, these bricks were used by Asian travellers as convenient way of carrying the tea they need to drink and the bricks were also used to barter for other goods.

Broker
A tea taster who negotiates the selling of tea from producers, or the buying of tea for packers and dealers, for a brokerage fee from the party on whose behalf the broker is working.

Butter tea
Boiled tea mixed with salt and soda, then strained into an urn containing butter and dried ground cereal (often barley) and churned. Butter tea is served in a basin and often a lump of butter is added when serving. It was served in Tibet and then in India.

Cachar
The most common variety of India tea, produced in Cachar district of Assam.
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