• TEA TASTER’S JARGON 4

  Filed under Tea Taster
  May 27

  DRY LEAF

  HAIRY thin fibre: similar to whiskery.

  IRREGULAR uneven whole leaf grades.

  KEEP well-manufactured tea with good keeping properties.

  KNOBBLY round knobbly souchong grades.

  LARGE for market requirements.

  LEAFY tea containing larger leaves than normal: coupled with ‘useful’, denotes a size in demand.

  INFUSED TEA

  IRREGULAR mixed.

  LIQUORS

  HARD penetrating and desirable strength.

  HARSHNESS raw characteristic.

  HEAVY thick without briskness.

  HIGH FIRED (self explanatory).

  HUNGRY lacking cup character.

  JAMMY (see raspberry).

  LACKING clean tasting without obvious characteristics.

  LIGHT lacking depth of colour.

  
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