Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic

Glossary

219 Glossary Anhua Hei cha 安化黑茶 Anhua dark tea bai ban 白版 blank version bai cha 白茶 white tea Bai Mudan 白牡丹 White Peony Baihao Wulong 白毫烏龍 White Hair Oolong baihua 白話 exaggerated or nonsense words bei qiu 悲秋 lament for autumn ben ren 本人 the indigenous people bing cha / yuan cha 餅茶/圓茶 round cake (shaped) tea boyin chaguan 播音茶館 broadcasting teahouses bu hexie 不和諧 inharmonious bu qi 補氣 supplementing the vital breath Cha chan yi wei. 茶禪一味。 Tea and Chan Buddhism have the same flavor. Cha Jing 茶經 The Classic of Tea Cha Ma Gu Dao 茶馬古道 the Ancient Tea-House Road cha qi / ba qi 茶氣/霸氣 tea energy Charen yi chengxin wei zhong. 茶人以誠信為重 。 A tea person should care very much about honesty and faith. cha yi shi 茶藝師 the craftsmanship in tea infusing chaboshi 茶博士 tea doctor chachang 茶廠 tea factory chadui 茶隊 tea team chaguan 茶館 teahouse chahui 茶會 tea meeting chao cha 炒茶 stir-roasting (tea leaves) “chao cha” “炒茶” tea speculation 220 x Glossary chao gu 炒股 speculate on the stock market chao qing 炒青 stir-roasted green tea chaosheng 朝聖 pilgrimage chazhuang 茶莊 household tea unit chen yun 陳韻 aged appeal chenhua 陳化 aging, fermentation Cheshun Hao 車順號 Cheshun brand chuanqi 傳奇 legends chun sheng 春生 sprouting in spring chuantong jiating shougong zhizuo 傳統家庭手工製做 handmade traditionally by a family da shu cha 大樹茶 forest tea daguan 大觀 full display Dan ding tianxia, huiwei wuqiong. 淡定天下 ， 回味無窮 。 Its blandness is unique; its aftertaste lingers in the mind. Dian Hong 滇紅 Yunnan Red tea Dian Lü 滇綠 Yunnan Baked Green tea Dian Qing 滇青 Yunnan Sun-dried Green tea dong cang 冬藏 storing and hiding in winter dou cha 斗茶 tea competition / tea game Duihua 對話 Dialogue (title of a CCTV program) fa shui 發水 ferment with added water fan 飯 cooked rice fengkuang de Puer cha 瘋狂的普洱茶 crazy Puer tea fu yong feng ya 附庸風雅 cultural pose fugu 復古 revive the past gai tu gui liu 改土歸流 replacing tusi [native officials] with imperial officials ganma 乾媽 godmother gongfu 工夫 a practice that takes great effort gongfu cha fa 工夫茶法 the craft of tea infusing Glossary x 221 guanxi 關係 the network of relationships in Chinese society / socializing through gift exchange Haoji 號級 old family commercial tea brands Haoshi bu guo san. 好事不過三 。 Good things don’t happen more than three times. he 和 harmony hei cha 黑茶 dark tea hong cha 紅茶 red tea (known as black tea in English) hong nong ming liang 紅濃明亮 strong and bright red hong qing 烘青 baked green tea Hong Yin 紅印 Red Mark tea Honglou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of Red Mansions Hongtu Lantian 紅土藍天 red earth and blue sky hua 化 transformation hua 滑 smooth hua gange wei yubo 化干戈為玉帛 turning hostility into friendship huang cha 黃茶 yellow tea huigan 回甘 long-lasting sweetness in the throat after the strong and bitter flavor (lingering sweetness after bitterness or astringency) huyou 忽悠 (original) irrelevant, exaggerated, or nonsense words; (paraphrased) any behavior related to cheating, swaying, hyping, wheedling, or agitating someone with fictitious content jian 件 a trade unit for Puer tea, usually one jian has eighty-four cakes of Puer tea in a bamboo basket or a cardboard box, weighing a total of 31.5 kilograms jianghu 江湖 lit., “rivers and lakes” Jianghu zai nial? Jianghu zai renxin. 江湖在哪裡？江湖在人心 。 Where is jianghu located? In the human heart. jiaohua 教化 moralize, domesticate, or civilize jin gua gong cha 金瓜貢茶 Golden Melon Tribute tea Junshan Yinzhen 君山銀針 Jun Mountain Silver Needle tea 222 x Glossary kou 口 mouth kungfu (gongfu) 功夫 martial arts lao cha 老茶 aged (Puer) tea Lao Huang Pian 老黃片 Yellow Leaf Puer tea lao jianghu 老江湖 old jianghu lao sheng cha 老生茶 aged raw Puer tea leng 冷 cold lipin cha 禮品茶 gift tea Liu Da Cha Shan 六大茶山 the Six Great Tea Mountains Liubao cha 六堡茶 Liubao tea Longjing cha 龍井茶 Dragon Well tea lou fo tong (lao huo tang) 老火湯 slowly stewed soup lü cha 綠茶 green tea Lü Yin 綠印 Green Seal Lu Yu peng cha tu 陸羽烹茶圖 Lu Yu Brewing Tea (painting) man man pin 慢慢品 taste slowly maocha 毛茶 the dried basic tea leaves in loose form, the result of rough processing Maojian 毛尖 a sort of green tea mostly composed of tea buds men huang 悶黃 sealed yellowing Mengding Huangya 蒙頂黃芽 Meng Mountain Yellow Buds meng cha 猛茶 vigorous tea menke 門客 retainers originating in eighth century b.c.e. China, who were accommodated by the master and served him mi 米 raw rice mi tang 米湯 soup boiled with rice mianzi 面子 face minjian 民間 popular realm Nametian 納麼田 a subvillage in Yiwu township neigong 內功 inner force nuan 暖 warm Glossary x 223 pin cha 品茶 tea tasting ping jin shi zao 平矜釋躁 your arrogance is eliminated; your impatience is removed po si jiu 破四舊 Destruction of the Four Olds Puer cha 普洱茶 Puer tea Puer lü cha chun rui 普洱綠茶春蕊 Puer green tea made...