Malty - A pleasant taste in the liquor, associated with Assams.

Mature - No flatness or rawness in the liquor.

Metallic - A harsh taste characteristic of some liquors. A metallic taste is often associated with poor pluck standards.

Muddy - Term used to describe a dull liquor.

Mushy - A soft tea suggesting that it had been packed too moist.

Musty - Tea that has been attacked by mildew as a result of being packed too moist.

New - Term used to describe a tea which has not had time to mature. Usually denotes some rawness in the infusion which may disappear when the tea is kept.

Niban-cha - Japanese for second tea, or second plucking.

Nilgiri - A tea district in Southern India. The name means "blue mountain."

Nose - Tea tasters name for the aroma of tea.

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