Glossary
There are many terms and expressions in the coffee and tea world that may be difficult to understand to the novice. We have compiled a list of the most commonly used terms for you. Click a letter below....
Terms begining with 'H'
Hard bean
Coffee grown at relatively high altitudes (4,000 - 4,500 feet). Beans grown at these high altitudes mature more slowly and are harder and denser than other beans. They are therefore more desirable than others.
Harmless
A double shot of decaffeinated coffee and non-fat milk.
Handkerchief Tea
A tea which was grown on Formosa and which gets its name from the large silk handkerchiefs that Chinese tea growers used to use to collect their very fine tippy teas.
Harsh
A taste generally due to the leaf being under withered during manufacture resulting in a very rough taste.
High Tea
The name given to a meal served late afternoon-early evening which is a mixture of afternoon tea and dinner. The meal comprises a main entree dish sometimes a pudding or dessert served with bread and butter, cakes and tea. High tea was the main meal for farming and working classes in Britain in the past.
Hoochow
A China green tea.
Hunan
One of the tea growing provinces of China.
Hyson
A type of China green tea formerly drunk exclusively in Europe and often the name given there to the tea drink. Young Hyson is this type of tea which is plucked early.