The A To Z Of Goomtee

Alive	Golden	Smooth
Attractive	Great	Soothing
Aromatic		Sparkling
	Healthy	Special
Balanced	Highgrown	Sweet
Bright
Brilliant	Light	Tasteful
	Lingering	Terrific
Clean		True
Clear	Memorable
	Muscatel	Ultimate
Delicate		Unique
Delicious	Natural
	Nutty	Vivacious
Enjoyable
Excellent	Peachy	Wonderful
Extraordinary	Pleasant	Well-made
	Pure
Fine	Premium	Zingy
Flavoury
Fresh	Refreshing
Fragrant	Round
Fruity	Rare
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Tea Taster's Terminology

To the uninitiated, a conversation between Darjeeling Tea professionals can be a mystifying experience. The taster's terminology could refer to either the dry tea, the infused leaf or, the liquor in the cup.


Dry Tea

Stylish	A neat, well twisted, evenly sized, wiry leaf appearance

Tippy	The unopened buds on the tea bush are transformed into silvery particles called Tips which provide an attractive appearance in the made tea.

Bloom	Silken sheen/lustre on the tea resulting from a fine pubescence on the leaf surface.

Colour	Relating to hue on dry tea i.e. greyish/greenish in the spring flush, purplish/brown in the summer and blackish brown in autumn flush.

Infused Leaf

Bright	Lively bright colour, as opposed to dull. The hue varies from a delicate lime green in spring flush to a bright copper/purple in second flush and onwards to a pale brown in autumn.

Nose/Point	The fragrance exuded by the infused leaf, also termed as aroma or bouquet, which can be evocative of certain flowers, fruits or muscatel character.

Even	Uniformity of colour and size of the infused particles.

Cup Liquor

Colour	Self explanatory, varying from pale lemon to a rich amber with the season. Cups may be said to have varying degrees of visual brightness, depth and body.

Flavour	A fragrance, a complete and pleasing taste and aftertaste with attributes of aroma, bouquet and point.

Taste	Personal to each Darjeeling tea lover, viz mellow, smooth, round, delicate, mature, sweet, lively, dry, brisk and so on.