Blend

Tea taster who decides on the proportions of each different tea required to produce the flavour of a given blend.

Bohea

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.

Break

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

Brick tea

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 tea they need to drink and the bricks were also used to barter for other goods.

Broker

A tea taster who negotiates the selling of tea from producers, or the buying of tea for packers and dealers, for a