Butter tea

Boiled tea mixed with salt and soda, then strained into an urn containing butter and dried ground cereal (often barley) and churned. Butter tea is served in a basin and often a lump of butter is added when serving. It was served in Tibet and then in India.

Cachar

The most common variety of India tea, produced in Cachar district of Assam.

Caddy

The name given to a tin or jar of tea, which takes its name from the Chinese or Malayan word catty- a term used to describe the weight of one pound of tea. In the past tea caddies were equipped with a lock and key.

Camellia sinensis

Today, the tea trade is international botanical name for the tea plant.

Caravan tea

Tea taken by camel from China to Russia in the past.

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