Can be due to overfermenting during manufacture and/or bacterial infection before firing or drying, which gives the tea an over ripe taste. Unlike wines this is not a desirable taste in tea.Full

A good combination of strength and colour.Gone off

A flat or old tea. Often denotes a high moisture content.Green

When referring to black tea liquor denotes an immature raw character. This is mostly due to under fermenting and sometimes to under withering during manufacture.Hard

A very pungent liquor, a desirable quality in tea.Harsh

A taste generally due to the leaf being under withered during manufacture resulting in a very rough taste.Heavy

A thick, strong and colour liquor with limited briskness.High-fired

Over fired or dried, but not bakey or burned.Lacking

Describes a neutral liquor with