Heavy - Liquor that is thick, strong, coloury with only a little briskness.

High Fired - A slightly burnt tea, but not so badly fired as to be called burnt. Results from keeping tea in the drier too long or at too high a temperature.

Ichiban-cha - Japanese meaning first tea or first plucking.

Imperial - A type of rolled Ceylon, black tea.

Infusion - Properly speaking the solid leaf that is left after decanting the liquor. The colour and form of the infusion can reveal much about the manufacturing conditions.

Jasmine - A mild, delicately flavoured China tea that is scented after firing with white jasmine flowers.

Java - Teas grown in the island of Java now known as Indonesia. They are manufactured as in Ceylon and India, and are almost entirely of the black variety.

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