Garden - Used interchangeably with "plantation" in some tea countries (India and Sri Lanka particularly), but usually referring to an estate unit.

Garden Mark - The mark put on the tea chest by the estate to identify its particular product, for example "Margaret's Hope."

Golden Tip - Golden coloured tip. Visible buds in the made tea, coloured golden with dried tea juice.

Gone Off - A tea that is moulded, tainted, out of condition or old.

Grainy - Term applied to well-made fannings and dust.

Green - Colour of infused leaf which has undergone poor withering or rolling, or is underfermented.

Green Tea - Tea leaves that have been processed in live steam, hot air or hot pans, whereby fermentation is prevented, and then rolled and dried.

Grey - An unattractive colour characteristic of black leaf that has undergone too much rubbing during sorting and cutting.

Gunpowder - A make of green tea, each leaf of which has been rolled into a pellet. The pellets resemble old fashioned gunpowder cartridges.

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