Tea Dictionary

Established on 08/09/24

Assam tea

It has a stone fruit aroma and amber colour. This back tea is famous for its intensity and perfectly balanced to bring out its characteristic flavour profile.

Ceylon tea

It is delicate and crisp. Ceylon hails from Sri Lanka. This tea is great for late mornings and afternoons as it has warm, gold colour and a more refreshing finish than Assam.

Chai

It originated in India and is a spicy, rich tea with leaves blended with cinnamon, ginger, cloves and green cardamom that has been grown there for many thousands of years.

The word chai originates from the Hindustani word for all and any tea, which has grown in the Assam region.

 Interestingly It is believed that masala chai first emerged in the Indian subcontinent somewhere between 5,000 and 9,000 years ago. 

Other spices for chai can be included to produce this tea is cinnamon, star anise, fennel and peppercorns. Though, Traditionally cardamom is the main flavour. 

Masala chai is made by soaking black tea in water and then mixing it with and then mixing sugar, chosen spices and milk. 

Chai Latte

Regardless it is named a latte, it contains no coffee whatsoever. 

Chai is one of the world’s oldest tea-based drinks. It originated in India thousands of years ago and has spread across the globe over the past two centuries. 

Derjeeling tea

It is floral tea, also made from black tea. Its colour is lighter when its brewed because the leaves are exposed to less sunlight meaning they oxidise less. The tea is originated from the base of the Himalayas.

Earl Grey tea

It is a blend of black tea infused with bergamot oil for an aromatic, citrus taste. The hint of citrus means it does not complement milk. Instead, try with lemon. Also, its floral aroma works for fruit bakes.

English breakfast tea

Despite the name this black tea blend has Scottish origins. It was popularised by Queen Victoria, who brought it back from Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Genmaicha

It is a Japanese tea made by mixing green tea with roasted brown rice and it is not coffee-free tea.

The name comes from the Japanese words genmai (brown rice), and cha (tea).  

Green tea

t comes from the same plant as black tea. Only green tea leaves are heated and dried quickly for lighter colour and grassy notes. Wait a minute after boiling water before adding water. You can add a slice of lemon too. Also, green tea is naturally low in sodium/salt. Reduction of consumption of sodium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood. 

Also, do not pour boiling water on green tea, but hot.

Matcha

It is powdered green tea leaves, dissolved in hot water to make tea or used as a flavouring. The tea powder is specially processed from shade-grown tea leaves. Shade-growing green tea leaves give matcha its characteristic bright green colour and strong savour flavour.

Sencha tea

is a Japanese green tea made from unfermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.

Sencha leaves are grown in full sunlight, then steamed to prevent oxidation and seal in flavor. The leaves are then rolled, shaped, and dried to create their characteristic cylindrical shape.