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Tea

Referring to any beverage made by the infusion in hot water of the dried and prepared leaves of the Camellia sinensis shrub.

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Bloom

Beverages; Tea

A sign of good manufacture and sorting (where reduction of leaf has taken place before firing) a 'sheen' that has not been lost through over-handling or over-sorting.

Coppery

Beverages; Tea

Bright leaf that indicates a well manufactured or make of tea.

Country greens

Beverages; Tea

A term originally used to describe China green teas, other than Hoochows or Pingsueys.

Cream

Beverages; Tea

A natural precipitate obtained as the liquor cools down.

Crepy

Beverages; Tea

Leaf with a crimped appearance common to larger grade broken-leaf teas such as BOP.

A machine process which cuts the withered leaves into uniform particles to facilitate a complete oxidation. Typical of most black tea grown in India and other lowland producing countries, and used in ...

Curly

Beverages; Tea

Leaf appearance of whole leaf grade teas such as OP, as distinct from 'wiry'. Even Teas true to their grade, consisting of pieces of leaf of fairly even size.