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	A
	Acid Gilding	patterns etched on teapot by using acid
	Acuppa	a cup of tea.
	Afternoon tea	British custom of having a cup of tea in the afternoon with biscuits
	Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu Kotoshimo Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu	Happy New year. Please keep in touch this year too (very sincere request and mean it very much). Onegaishimasu is something like the Chinese Bai4 Tuo1
	Amah	customary for amahs (Chinese maids ) to serve tea to guests in the past
	amanatto	red beans desert boiled in sugar syrup
	Anxi	famous tea growing region in China Cha Yuan(2): Tea plantation
	Apple tea	Black tea scented with apple taste
	Arita	pottery region in western Kyushu South of Japan
	Aritayaki	famous porcelain making region in Kyushu, has beautiful teasets as well
...to top	A-roy	(tea) is delicious (Thai)
	B
	Babaocha	Minority style tea brewing using various Chinese condiments
	bai cha	white tea in Chinese
	Bak Kut Teh	A Southern Chinese dish (by Hokkiens, Teochew Chinese) made using pork meat marinated with spices. Often eaten with tea.
	bamboo tea box	box made of bamboo for storing tea.
	Bing Pi	Soft crust moon cakes, skin is not baked.
	bitter aftertaste	some teas like Oolong are said to leave a bitter aftertaste
	Bixi	container for water for washing tea brushes during Chinese calligraphy writing
	Blanc de chine	White Chinese porcelain teacups and teapots or other types of pottery from Fukien province.
	Bonsai	Cultivation of miniture plants, often associated with tea drinking. Placed around tea drinkers for all to admire. (Japanese term)
	Boston tea party	an event in American history where American patriots threw tea overboard a British ship, sparking off a riot
	Bubble tea	Taiwanese concoctions using tea and various fruits juices. sometimes alcohol is used.
	Buo ba cha	bimbo tea, a type of Taiwanese bubble tea concoction
...to top	BuoBacha	a type of Taiwanese bubble tea with concoction of fruit juice
	C
	Cai cha	plucking tea leaves which are matured (Chinese term)
	Cameron highlands	tea growing region in West Malaysia
	Canister	many tea leaves are contained in canisters
	Canton	Wiles Gades phonetics system for the province of Guangzhou
	Celadon teabowls	green glazed tea bowls from Yuan dynasty, China
	Censor	container made of pottery of metal used for holding and burning incense (Chinese and Japanese)
	Ceylon	tea growing region of South Asia
	Cha	strict scholarly definition, the word cha refers to the tea leaves itself. However, many Chinese use the word to refer to tea drink as well.(Chinese)
	cha gang	large urns containing tea leaves, used to transport tea leaves in the past.
	Cha Guan	Tea house in Chinese
	Cha Guan	tea container (Chinese)
	Cha Gui	the cabinet that container tea leaves (Chinese)
	Cha Ho Sek	(tea)it is delicious (Cantonese)
	Cha Hu	teapots
	Cha Hua	flower arrangement (Chinese)
	Cha Jing	the first Chinese manual on tea
	Cha Jing	the oldest tea manual (Chinese)
	cha o non de kudasai	please drink tea (Japanese term)
	Cha Shao Bao	bun with fillings of BBQ pork, popular snack while drinking tea (Chinese term)
	Cha Shu	Tree plant (Chinese term)
	Cha Shui	tea, referring to the drink itself. (Chinese)
	Cha Tang	Chinese term for referring to the tea drink.
	Cha Wang	Means king of tea, can be used to describe the largest tea merchants or the best tea. (Chinese term)
	Cha Xiang	Chinese expression for the 'tea is fragrant!'
	Cha Yuan(4)	Courtyard for drinking tea.
	Cha Zhuan	compressed tea bricks
	Cha Zhuang	tea pavilion, sometimes adapted to mean a place where tea is sold and traded, or a place where tea is served
	Chabei	Teacup (Chinese term)Chadao: Chinese term for Chinese tea ceremony.
	Chachi	Chinese term for tea scoop
	Chadan	Eggs flavoured with tea leaves
	Chadian	coasters or mat used for placing under tea cups and tea tools
	Chagama	large iron kettle (Japanese term)Chaire: Tea caddy (Japanese term)
	Chahai	Chinese term for tea basin
	Chahe	Tea holder used for preventing crushing tea leaves (Chinese term)
	Chahu	Chinese term for tea pot
	ChaHua	Chinese term for flower arrangement
	Chajin	Chinese term for towel used during Chinese tea ceremony
	Chakin	Japanese tea term for towel used during tea ceremony
	Chakin	towel used during Japanese tea ceremony (Japanese term)
	Chakwai	tongs used during Chinese tea ceremony
	Chalou	Restaurants where dim sum and tea are served
	cham	Indian ginger tea
	Chanoyu	Tea ceremony (Japanese term)
	Char Siew Pao	bun with fillings of BBQ pork, popular snack while drinking tea (Cantonese term)
	Chasen	Japanese term for tea whisk
	Chashaku	tea scoop (Japanese term)
	Chashitsu	Casual term for Japanese tea room (Japanese term)
	Chawan	Japanese term for tea bowls
	Chaxi	straw mats to sit on while drinking tea (Chinese)
	Chaye	Chinese term for tea leaves
	Chayedan	Another term for eggs flavoured with tea leaves
	Chayi	Chinese term for tea arts.
	Chayi	Chinese term for tea chairs
	Chayuan	Chinese term for Tea Garden
	Chazha	Residue of tea leaves after brewing
	Chazhan	tea pick for freeing obstruction of tea pot by tea leaves
	Chazhuang	Tea pavilion, sometimes used as name for tea drinking shops
	ChaZhuo	Chinese term for tea table
	cherry blossoms	sakura flowers in English
	Chiak teh	Fujianese term for drinking tea: literally meaning eating tea
	Chieng Yum cha	please drink tea in Cantonese
	chimaki	rice cake wrapped in bamboo
	china	a term used by the west to describe porcelain
	China National Native Products and Animal By Products Import and Export Corporation	Chinese PRC department in charge of Tea industry
	Chinese calligraphy	often during moods of composing poems in Chinese calligraphy, an oriental gentlemen drinks tea.
	Chinese opera	often watched while drinking tea.
	Chiu Zhow Cha	Cantonese term for Teo Chew tea
	Chong guo cha	Hanyu Pinyin term meaning Chinese tea
	chong shui	boiling water in Chinese
	Chu kou cha	tea made for export (Chinese term)
	Chumon	small bamboo gate (Japanese term)
...to top	Cuppatea	a cup of tea , slang
	D
	daifuku mochi	rice cake with bean paste fillings (Japanese)
	dan	diluted. e.g. tea is diluted.
	dao cha	pour tea (Chinese)
	Deshi	Disciple of master of tea ceremony (Japanese term)
	Dian Xin	Chinese Hanyu Pinyin phonetics for Dim Sum.
	Dim Sum	Cantonese (Southern China) culinary dishes , favourite food for accompanying tea drinking
	Ding	Incense holder, censor (Chinese term)
	Dogu Datami	place where tea is served on the mat (Japanese term)
	dorayaki	pancake with bean paste fillings (Japanese)
	dou sha	red bean paste found in deserts served with tea
	Dragon vapour	Chinese term for describing first hint of steam vapour when boiling water for brewing tea.
	Dragon's claw	Chinese technique for holding a tea cup, third finger below the cup and index and second finger on the rim.
	Dragon's well	legendary well which has the best mineral water for brewing tea
...to top	Dragon's well tea	Green tea from central China e.g. Hangzhou, Suzhou region. The main tea of China and Japan.
	E
	Earthernware	fired below 1200 degrees celsius and generally porous in nature.
	Eisei	Monk from Japan who introduced tea leaves to Japan
	Enamel overglaze	pattern drawn using oxides of metals.
	er hu	Chinese traditional instrument, usually people watch the performance of this instrument and sip tea for enjoyment
...to top	Er Ya, On trees	the first record on trees written by Duke Jidian of Zhou dynasty
	F
	Ferric salts	water which contain high ferric salts (iron oxides) are said to be bad quality water for brewing teaGaiBei: Lidded Chinese tea cup
	Flambe glaze tea bowls	glaze that is thick and usually red, purple or blue in colour. They were popular during Song dynasty.
	fragrance chamber	thing used to infuse tea leaves with fragrance or taste of flowers.
	fu	bitter in Cantonese, sometimes used to describe tea
	Fujian	Hanyu Pinyin spelling for the term Fukien, important tea growing region
	Fujianren	people who live in the province of Fujian
	Fukien	English term for the province of Fujian, important tea growing region
	Fukkienese	people who live in Fukien, important tea growing region
	Fukkienese tea	tea grown in Fujian province.
...to top	Futa oki	kettle's lid's rest/support (Japanese term)
	G
	Gai Bei	Lidded Chinese style Chinese tea cups
	gang	big urn for holding water for brewing tea (Chinese)
	ginseng	root of a herbal plant that is grown in Wisconsin, China and Korea
	gong dao bei	a jug used during Chinese tea ceremony to even out the concentration of tea before serving (Chinese term)
	Gong Fu cha	Chinese term for high level tea arts, often practiced by TeoChew, used interchangeably with Teochew tea arts (Southern Chinesedialect)
	Guangdong ju	Cantonese opera (Chinese)
	Guangzhou	Southern province of China, root of dim sum cuisine
	Gui	kneel down, sometimes tea drinking style is in a kneeling position (Chinese)
...to top	Guzheng	Chinese stringed instrument often played during tea drinking
	H
	Hanaire	Something that you put a flower into (Japanese)
	Hanyu Pinyin	Chinese system of phonetics, official system santioned by PRC government
	hao cha	good tea (Chinese term)
	Hao He	Nice to drink in Chinese
	he cha	drink tea (Chinese term)
	He cha	Chinese term for drinking tea
	He Cha Ba!	Come'on let's drink tea.Liang cha: Chinese herbal tea
	Herbata	Polish word for tea
	Hishaku	bamboo ladle (Japanese term)
	ho sek	Cantonese term for delicious
	Hong Cha	Chinese term for black tea.
	hong cha	literally 'red tea', means black tea in English
	Hong Ni	Chinese term for referring to Teo Chew tea pots.
	houcha	Thick tea
	Hua Cha	Chinese term for scented teaJing: Chinese term for well
	Hua Ping	vase, sometimes flowers is used to enhance flavour of tea. (Chinese)
	Hua Yuan	gardens where tea is usually appreciated outdoors
	Huacha	Scented tea using flower fragrance
	Huaju	Chinese term for Chinese opera
	Huasheng	Chinese term for peanuts, a popular snack with tea.
	Huo	Chinese term for fire, used during brewing tea
	Huo Hou	Chinese term for describing the intensity of fire for brewing tea.
...to top	Hutschenreuthers	a 200 year old pottery maker from German which makes beautiful tea sets
	I
	ichirin zashi	Japanese term for single flower vase.
	Ikebana	Japanese term for flower arrangement
	Ikebana	flower arrangement Japanese style
	Imari	Old export wares from Arita, including teapots and teacups.
	ishi doro	stone lantern that is placed in the garden (Japanese term)
...to top	Ivory Coast	an area in Africa where tea is drunk with a mint leaves
	J
	Japanese green tea	Green tea (slightly fermented) grown in Japan. Has a strong grass green colour and its taste has been compared to that with seaweed.
	Jeng cha	Cantonese term for offering tea to guests
	Jing	Well where water is drawn for brewing tea (Chinese term)
	Jing Cha	Polite term for offering tea, often on special occasions like wedding, indicates filial piety
	Jingdezhen	porcelain teapot making region in China (central)
	Jingdezhen	famous porcelain making region in China, making beautiful teasets as well
	juhua cha	Chinese term for chrysanthemum
	JuHuaCha	Chrysanthemum tea.
	jun ware	Pottery made during Song dynasty. It is popular for its tea bowls and has a thick glaze that is usually flambe and in purple, red or blue colour
	Jun yao	means jun ware in Chinese
...to top	Justice cup	a jug used during Chinese tea ceremony to even out the concentration of tea before serving
	K
	Kabin	Japanese term for vase.
	Kakiemon	Old export wares from Arita, including teapots and teacups.
	Kampo	Japanese term for Chinese medicine, tea leaves are sometimes used.
	Kaolinite	Clay found in China for making porcelain (English language)
	Kaolintu	Clay found in China for making porcelain (Chinese language)
	Kaori	Japanese term for tea fragrance
	kashiwa mochi	rice cake with leaf of oak (Japanese)
	Kensui	rinse water container (Japanese term)
	kikucha	Japanese term for chrysanthemum tea
	Kimono	Japanese traditional dress worn during tea ceremony and other important occasions
	Kok Fa Cha	Cantonese term for chrysanthemum teaLiang cha
	KokFa Cha	Cantonese term for Chrysanthemum tea (Southern Chinese dialect).
	Koto	Japanese musical stringed instrument, often played during tea ceremony
	Koucha	thick tea (Japanese)
	ku	bitter in Chinese, sometimes used to describe tea
	Kuang Quan Shui	Mineral water used for brewing tea.
...to top	Kyoto	Birth place of Japanese tea arts and bastion of Japanese ancient culture
	L
	Liang teh	Hokkien term for Chinese herbal tea.
	LiBai	Chinese poet whose poems are often recited with tea.
	Lim teh	TeoChew and Hokkien term for drinking tea (Southern Chinese dialect)
	lim teh	Fukkienese term for drinking tea, mostly used by Fukkienses people in Southeast Asia
	Literati	the scholarly class in China and Japan who liked amongst many other refined things, the gentleman's love for tea drinking
	Longjingcha	Chinese term for Dragon's well tea.
...to top	Longquan	Chinese term for Dragon's well
	M
	make tea	means brew tea.
	Man Tao	Cantonese for buns without fillings
	Man Tou	buns used as desert during tea drinking, no fillings. (Chinese)
	Manju	Japanese term to describe buns without fillings consumed with Japanese tea.
	Maobizhi	means Chinese calligraphy
	mattcha ice cream	tea flavoured ice cream (Japanese)
	Medan	tea growing region in Indonesia
	mid autumn's festival	Chinese festival where moon cakes are eaten withtea.
	min ge can ting	Folk song karaoke restaurant where Taiwanese bubble tea is served
	Mizuzhashi	Pot containing water which can be drawn from for Japanese tea ceremony
	mizuzhashi	fresh water container (Japanese term)
	Mochi	A sticky rice cake used as desert when drinking Japanese tea, has fillings. Soft and sticky, often coated with syrup.
	monaka	bean paste desert placed in a wafer form
	Monkey tea	rare Chinese tea whose leaves are plucked by trained monkeys. These tea plants are grown in the wild.
	moon cakes	Moon Cakes are desserts which are only eaten during and before the Mid Autumn's festival. They are made of dough which are baked to a crispy crust. The fillings are usually green bean, red bean or yellow bean paste. Egg yolk is added.
	Moukekko desu	Japanese tea term for 'No, thank you that's enough'
...to top	Mu Chai	Chinese term for firewood used for brewing tea.
	N
	Niao long	Chinese term for bird cage, birds are often reared as avand garde objects of appreciation and brought to the tea house
	nian gao	Chinese rice cake sticky and dark emerald green in colour, eaten during Chinese new year
	niao yu hua xiang	a Chinese phrase to describe the beauty of the garden, the birds are chirping and the flowers are fragrant
	Nijiri Guchi	low entrance for guests (Japanese)
	nigai	bitter in Japanese
...to top	ninjin	in Japanese this means carrot, but its characters mean ginseng in Chinese
	O
	O Cha Kai	Japanese polite term for tea drinking session
	Ochanomizu	a district in Tokyo named after tea water
	Ochashitsu	Japanese tea room
	Ochawan	A very polite term used for tea bowls.
	ohagi	rice cakes (Japanese)
	Omote Senke	Japan's oldest tea school, has 3 million members and its founder is Sen No Rikkyu :
	Onsen	hotsprings (Japanese term), often tea and tea eggs are consumed here.
...to top	opium	In the past, tea was often drunk with opium, an evil addiction
	P
	Pao Cha	Chinese term for brewing tea
	pao cha	to brew tea (Chinese)
	pao cha	Chinese term for brewing tea.
	Pao Pao Cha	Taiwanese term for bubble tea
	pao shen	brewed ginseng tea
	Paozi	Dessert for Chinese tea ceremony. Buns with stuffings.
	Peking opera	Beijing opera where tea is served
	PenChai	Chinese term for Bonsai
	Pewter	material , an alloy of tin, used to make tea containers (Chinese tea)
	Pin Cha	tea appreciation (Chinese)
	Porcelain	pottery that is fired more than 1200 degrees celsius and above
...to top	Pu Er	a kind of black tea from southern China
	Q
	Qing he cha	please drink tea (Chinese)
...to top	Qipao	Chinese traditional dress
	R
	rakugan	beans or rice flavoured with syrup (Japanese)
	Red clay teapots	Chinese red clay teapots from Swatow and Teochew
	ren shen	Chinese term for ginseng
	ren shen cha	ginseng tea
	ro	low hearth (Japanese term)
	rock gardens	Chinese or Japanese rock gardens, one of the ideal spots for drinking tea.
	roji	pathway to the tea room, usually paved with large stones. (Japanese term)
	roji zori	slippers made of bamboo (Japanese term)
...to top	rou gu cha	Hanyu Pinyin term for bak kut teh (Chinese)
	S
	Sado	Japanese term for tea ceremony
	Sadoguchi	tea room entrance (Japanese term)
	sakura flowers	admiring sakura flowers and drinking tea in the parks is a custom in Japan
	sakuramochi	rice cake that is flavoured with the mochi flavour
	Sanpaotai	Term used to described lidded Chinese tea cups. It means pagoda as the tea cup resemble a Chinese pagoda.
	Seiza	kneeling position (Japanese term)
	senbei	rice crackers
	Sek yeh	please have something to eat (Cantonese term)
	Sen No Rikkyu	Founder of Japanese tea ceremony (Omote senke)
	shang cha	gourmet tea (Chinese)
	Shang Yue	admiring the moon while drinking tea during the Mid Autumn's festival in China (Chinese term)
	shen cha	ginseng tea
	Shi	Chinese term for poem
	Shi	poems , sometimes recited while drinking tea (Chinese)
	Shodo	Japanese term for calligraphy, often display during Japanese tea ceremony Tanxiangmu: Wood used for burning and it gives off a nice fragrance
	Shogun	military ruler of olden Japan
	Shu Fa	means Chinese calligraphy
	Shusheng	gentlemen scholar (often a tea drinker)
	Siang lu	censor used to contain fragrance, sweet smelling substances
	Sichuan gai bei pao cha	a technique for brewing tea invented by people in Sichuan province of China where tea is mixed together evenly in the kettle itself and poured straight into the lidded tea cups.
	siew mai	a Cantonese term for an item in the dim sum menu. It is steamed meat with shrimp bits.
	Silver needle	a type of tea leaves which resembles needles.
	Sit in Seiza	to sit in a kneeling position (Japanese term)
	Song dynasty poems	a favourite amongst tea drinkers, recited during the midst of drinking tea
	suicha	Light tea(Japanese)
	Sumi	Charcoal used for starting fire to brew tea (Japanese)
...to top	sweet aftertaste	some teas like Pu Er are said to leave a sweet after taste
	T
	Taiwan cha	mainland term for tea grown in Taiwan
	Tan	Charcoal (Chinese term)
	Tang Cha	term used by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia to mean Chinese tea
	Tao Chi	Chinese term for earthernware and porcelain
	Tatami	Mat used in a traditional Japanese tea room
	Te	Italian for tea
	Tea	English word for tea
	tea auction	where antique teas which are old e.g. from sunken ships are auctioned off
	tea biscuits	biscuits that is eaten while drinking tea.
	Tea biscuits	sometimes used instead of tea bricks
	Tea bricks	tea leaves compressed into forms resembling bricks: From Southern China mostly
	Tea caddy	objects used for holding tea leaves in Japanese tea ceremony
	Tea Classic	English title for the book written by Lu Yu
	tea dust glaze	glaze on pottery that resembles tea dust
	Tea garden	Chinese and Japanese gardens used for creating ambience for teadrinking.
	Tea music	music for listening while drinking tea
	Tea powder	Ground tea leaves in the form of powder. Used by the Japanese for tea ceremony.
	Tea warmer	a pottery container that hold warm water to keep the tea cup or pot warm. (Chinese)
	Tea whisk	a brush that has split ends made of bamboo used for mixing tea powder into a foam. Used in Japanese tea ceremony.
	Teahouse	term for describing shops which sells brewed Chinese tea
	Tee	German word for tea
	Teh	TeoChew and Hokkien term for tea (Southern Chinese dialect)
	teh kosong	Malay term for tea without milk or sugar
	Teh si	Black tea without milk or sugar (Hokkien)
	Teishu	tea ceremony host (Japanese term)
	temmoku jya wan	black glazed bowls, originally from China, now popular in Japan (Japanese term)
	Teo	Spanish word for tea
	Teo Chew	English word for the province of Chao Zhou
	Tew Chew	Sometimes spelt as Teo Chew
	The	French for tea
	The Guan Yan	Same as Tie Guan Yin. Tie Guan Yin is the Hanyu Pinyin system used by People's Republic of China since the 70s. The Guan Yan is either a dialect pronounciation of the same time (by mostly likely the Hokkiens or Teochews or Cantonese in the South) or the old Wades Giles system of pronouncing Chinese words.
	Thea	Latin word for tea
	tian	sweet in Chinese
	tianmuwan	means temmoku jya wan in Chinese
	tie guan yin	a famous type of Oolong Tea
	tobiishi	pathway's stepping stones located in the garden around the tea room (Japanese term)
	tin	sweet in Cantonese
	Tong Hu	Chinese term for copper pot used for boiling water
	Tsubo	Japanese tea term for pot that is lidless
	Tsubo	pottery containing water for brewing tea (Japanese term)
	tsukubai	sonte basin (Japanese)
...to top	Tuo Cha	a kind of black tea from Southern China
	U
...to top	uroncha	Oolong tea in Japanese
	V
	W
	wagashi	Japanese confectionary
	Wai Tou He	let's drink our tea outside (Chinese)
	Wan	Chinese term for Bowl
	Wayang	Southeast Asian Chinese term for Chinese opera
	Wenquan	hotsprings (Chinese term), often tea and tea eggs are consumed here.
...to top	Wenxiang Bei	Chinese term for fragrance cups used for smelling fragrance of tea leaves
	X
...to top	Xiang	incense sometimes used in the past together with tea for fragrance
	Y
	Yan	Russian word for tea
	YaoChai	Chinese term for describing Chinese medicine, Chinese tea is often such an item
	ya pien	opium which is smoked with tea in the past, an evil habit.
	yi cha dai jiu	a Chinese saying meaning to substitute alcohol with water. It means that when one is unable to take a strong drink like alcohol, he uses tea water as a substitute as a sign of respect.
	yi cha hu de cha	one teapot of tea (Chinese term)
	Yi Shu Hu	Chinese teapots which are carved and potted by artists and generally collected for its artistic value and not used. Translated as 'artistic ware', 'artistic teapots' (Chinese term)
	Yixing	clay, earthernware pottery making region in China
	yokan	red bean paste desert
	Yojohan	four and a half mat tea room (Japanese term)
	Yue Bing	Moon cakes eaten with tea during Mid Autumn's festival (Chinese)
	yue ju	Chinese opera
	Yukata	summer version of kimono, worn during casual tea drinking
	yum	drink in Cantonese
	Yum cha	Cantonese term for drinking tea (Southern Chinese dialect), sometimes used interchangeably with Dim Sum
	Yunnan	Southernmost province of China where tea bricks are made
...to top	Yunnan tea	tea brewed in the South with addition of nuts, fruits and Chinese condiments
	Z
	Zen Buddhism	a branch of Buddhism often associated with Japanese tea ceremony.
	zha	tea residue (Cantonese term)
	zhong guo cha	Chinese tea (Chinese term)
	Zhong Qiu Jie	Moon cake festival, or Mid Autumn's festival where mooncakes are eaten with tea. (Chinese)
	Zhou chao	means Zhou dynasty
	Zhou dynasty	when tea was found and used for drinking
	zi sha	purple clay teapots from China
	Zi Sha Hu	Chinese term used for referring to Yixing tea pots
...to top	Zo	Tea in Shanghainese

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