Baggy - An unpleasant taste, normally resulting from the tea being carried or wrapped in unlined hessian bags.

Bakey - An over-fired tea with the result that too much moisture has been driven off the leaf while drying.

Biscuity - A pleasant aroma often found in well-fired Assam.

Bitter - An unpleasant taste associated with raw teas.

Black -A black appearance is desirable preferably with 'bloom'.

Blackish - A satisfactory appearance for CTC type teas. Denotes careful sorting.

Bloom - A sign of good manufacture and sorting (where reduction of leaf has taken place before firing) a 'sheen' that has not been lost through over-handling or over-sorting.

Body - A liquor having both fullness and strength as opposed to being thin.

Bold -Particles of leaf which are too large for the particular grade.

Brassy - Unpleasant metallic quality similar to brass. Usually associated with unwithered tea.

Bright - A lively bright appearance, which usually indicates that the tea will produce a bright liquor.

Brisk - The most 'live' characteristic. Results from good manufacture.

Brown - A brown appearance in CTC type teas that normally indicates overly harsh treatment of leaf.

Burned - Taint caused by extreme over drying during manufacture.