Powdery

Fine light dust as the tea people say meaning a very fine light leaf particle.

Ragged

An uneven badly manufactured and graded tea.

Stalk and Fibre

Bits of tea bush other than the leaf which should be minimal in superior grades but are unavoidable in lower-grade teas.

Tip

A sing of fine plucking apparent in top grades of tea.

Uneven and Mixed

Uneven pieces of leaf particles indicating poor sorting and resulting in a tea not true to a particular grade.

Well Twisted

Used to describe whole-leaf Orthodox tea grades, often referred to as well madeor rolled.

Wiry

Leaf appearance of a well-twisted, thin, long leaf.

Terms Describing Infused Tea Leaf

Aroma

Smell or scent denoting inherent character usually in tea grown at high alt