Keemun - A fine grade of black tea from central China, often imitated with considerable success. Keemun is a fine quality China Black, hand rolled and basket fired in contrast to the common types that are machine rolled and machine fired.

Lapsang Souchong - A fine grade of China Black tea with a smokey or tarry flavour. Purposely introduced by firing over pine needles.

Leafy - Whole leaves found in broken grades.

Lie Tea - A Chinese mixture of willow and other spurious leaf with genuine tea leaf, fraudulently sold as tea. Adulteration of tea was a problem when it was heavily taxed in previous centuries.

Light - Liquor lacking body or thickness.

Liquor - The liquid that results from infusing the leaves with hot water.

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