Introduction & acknowledgements.
Practices & Processes
攤放 (Tān Fàng)
Spread leaves out to dry.
攤涼 (Tān liáng)
Spread leaves out to cool.
萎凋 (Wēidiāo)
Withering.
堆積 (Duījī)
Piling.
幹死 (Gàn Sǐ)
Literally “dry death.”
殺青 (Shāqīng)
Killing the green. The stage wherein leaves are heated in order to deactivate the enzymes which catalyze oxidation, such as polyphenol oxidase (PPO).
曬青 (Shài Qīng)
Sunning the green.
壓揉 (Yā Róu)
Press & kneed; part of the bruising, rolling, and shaping of the leaves.
包揉 (Bāo Róu)
Packaged kneading; yā róu performed on a ball of leaves wrapped in fabric.
解塊 (Jiě Kuài)
Untangling & separating of the leaves after a phase of yā róu.
整形 (Zhěngxíng)
Reshaping.
倉儲 (Cāngchú)
Storage
Objects
本品 (Běn Pǐn)
Base tea; source materials.
茶菁 (Chá Jīng)
Raw tea, tea leaves prior to processing.
Institutions
初制所 or 初製所 (Chū Zhì Suǒ)
Preprocessor.
倉庫 (Cāngkù)
Warehouse; storage facility.
Faults
失水 (Shī Shuǐ)
Lacking water.
積水 (Jīshuǐ)
Stagnation of water.
暴晒 or 暴曬 (Pùshài)
Sun exposure; sunburn.
綠茶化 (Lǜchá Huà)