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
A-roy (tea) is delicious (Thai)
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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
BuoBacha a type of Taiwanese bubble tea with concoction of fruit juice
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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)
Cuppatea a cup of tea , slang
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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
Dragon's well tea Green tea from central China e.g. Hangzhou, Suzhou region. The main tea of China and Japan.
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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
Er Ya, On trees the first record on trees written by Duke Jidian of Zhou dynasty
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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.
Futa oki kettle's lid's rest/support (Japanese term)
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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)
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
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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)
Ivory Coast an area in Africa where tea is drunk with a mint leaves
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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
Justice cup a jug used during Chinese tea ceremony to even out the concentration of tea before serving
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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.
Kyoto Birth place of Japanese tea arts and bastion of Japanese ancient culture
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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.
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'
Mu Chai Chinese term for firewood used for brewing tea.
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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
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.
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)
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)
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)
Tuo Cha a kind of black tea from Southern China
U
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.
Wenxiang Bei Chinese term for fragrance cups used for smelling fragrance of tea leaves
X
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
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
Zo Tea in Shanghainese