Mocha 抹茶 Ground tea in powder form (also written 末茶)

Cai Xiang 蔡襄 Great calligrapher and tea expert from the Northern Song

Huizong 徽宗 Last emperor of the Northern Song

Myoan Eisai 明菴栄西 Japanese Monk

Zhao Kuangyin 赵匡胤 Founder of the Northern Song

Jin 金朝 The Jurchen Jin Dynasty

Yuan dynasty 元朝 The Mongol Yuan Dynasty

Doucha 斗茶 To have a tea battle

Chaoqing 炒青 The pan frying method of stopping enzymatic oxidation

Zheng He 郑和 Famous eunuch admiral who made seven voyages

Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 Ming Dynasty founder

Liu Bang 刘邦 Han Dynasty founder

Ming Taizu 明太祖 Temple name of Zhu Yuanzhang

Hongwu 洪武 Era name of Zhu Yuanzhang

Zisha 紫砂 Purple clay

Jingdezhen 景德镇 Jingde Town in Jiangxi Province, named after Zhenzong’s Jingde Era

Zhongguo 中国 China

Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 The First Qin Emperor

Qin Dynasty 秦朝 The Qin Dynasty

Xinping 新平 Ancient name of Jingdezhen

Changnan 昌南 Former name of Jingdezhen

Zhen 镇 A town or township

Shi 市 A city or municipality

Cun 村 A village

Nanchang 南昌 Capital of Jiangxi Province

Lake Poyang 鄱阳湖 Lake Poyang

Zhenzong 真宗 The Zhenzong Emperor

Zhushan 珠山 Pearl Hill near Jingdezhen

Liu Yiqian 刘益谦 Shanghai billionaire pharmaceutical magnate and antiques collector

Chenghua Emperor 成化帝 Ming emperor who reigned 1464-1487

Gaiwan 盖碗 A lidded tea bowl

Huacha 花茶 scented flower tea

Huizong 惠宗 Final Yuan Dynasty emperor

Da Ming Yongle Zhi 大明永乐制 Made in the Ming Yongle Era

Cha Lu 茶录 Tea treatise written by Cai Xiang

Zhu Quan 朱权 Son of the Hongwu emperor, younger brother to Zhu Di

Cha Pu 茶谱 The Tea Treatise by Zhu Quan (1440)

Gu Yuanqing 顾元庆 Wrote the other main tea treatise of the Ming dynasty

Cha Pu 茶谱 The Tea Treatise by Gu Yuanqing written 1541

Zhu Di 朱棣 Son of the Hongwu emperor, later reigning as the Yongle Emperor

Xing ware 邢窑 Xing ware from Hebei

Yue ware 越器 Yue ware from Yuezhou near Shaoxing

He cha 喝茶 To drink tea

pin cha 品茶 To sip tea

Zhu cha 煮茶 To boil tea

Pao cha 泡茶 brew tea by steeping

Pao cha 泡茶 brew tea by steeping

Shanxi 山西 Province in China, capital at Taiyuan

Shaanxi 陕西 Province in China, capital at Xian

Jin 斤 A “Chinese pound”, about 500 grams or 1.1 lbs.

xi cha 洗茶 To wash or clean tea leaves

Yixing 宜兴 City in Jiangsu formerly known as Yangxian

Lu Tong 卢仝 writer of the poem “Seven Cups of Tea”

Dehua 德化 City in central Fujian

Yang hu 养壶 to raise the teapot

gongfu tea 功夫茶 ／ 工夫茶 Gongfu Tea

pinmingbei 品茗杯 A small teacup for sipping tea

chahe 茶荷 a scoop used to transfer tea to a pot

chapan 茶盘 A Tea tray

Princess Wénchéng 文成公主 brought nutritional benefits of tea to the Himalaya’s