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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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Beverages; Tea

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

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Beverages; Tea

Particles of leaf which are too large for the particular grade.

bohea

Beverages; Tea

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.

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 ...

bright

Beverages; Tea

Denotes a lively fresh tea with good keeping quality.

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Nonalcoholic beverages; Tea

The most 'live' characteristic. Results from good manufacture.

broker

Beverages; Tea

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.