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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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Dooars

Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

A tea growing region of North India just below the Himalaya Mountains which produce full-bodied coloury teas that are ideal for blending purposes.

A black China tea treated with the oil of bergamot which gives the tea a scented aroma and taste. It was said to have been blended for and named after the 2nd Earl Grey when he was prime minister of ...

English Breakfast tea

Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

A name for the tea blend which originally applied to China Congou tea in the United States of America. In Britain it was a name applied to a blend of teas from India and Sri Lanka; today it is used ...

Formosa

Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

An island off the Chinese coast formally known as Taiwan which produces Oolong, Pouchong and black teas made by the Orthodox method.

Formosa teas

Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

Tea produced in Taiwan, typically oolong teas.

Gyokuro

Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

A high-grade Japanese tea produced by a special process in the Uji district of Japan. It is made from tea grown on shaded bushes. Hankerchief tea A tea which was grown on Formosa and which gets its ...