by NIISONGE
This is a continuation of the tea thesaurus. Are there any more categories to be added? I can't think of any more right now. Again, your input is welcome.
Tea Affair
(Words Synonymous with Tea Functions)
Tea
Tea function
Tea affair
Tea party
Tea meeting
Tea engagement
Tea ritual
Tea ceremony
Tea gathering
Tea do
Tea event
Tea break
Tea quest
Tea sojourn
Tea moment
Tea time
Pause for tea
Tea Drinker
(Words Synonymous with a person who drinks tea)
Tea drinker
Tea consumer
Tea taster
Tea person (people)
Chajin
Tea master
Tea host/hostess
Tea guest
Tea lover
Tea companion
Tea friend
Tea family
Tea novice
Tea newbie
Tea initiate
Tea student
Tea teacher
Tea professor
Tea passionate
Teaist
Tea enthusiast
Tea professional
Tea enraptured
Tea cultured
Tea masses
Tea populace
Tea community
Tea society
Tea-drinking public
Tea group
Tea crowd
Tea throng
Tea hordes
Tea multitude
Tea faithful
Tea friendly
Tea pal
Tea gang
Tea cohort
Tea associate
Tea comrade
Tea boy/girl
Tea partner
Tea amigo
Tea accomplice
Chaist [Cha’ist or cha-ist?]
Tea player
Tea guy
Tea garçon
Tea underling
Tea afflicted [some people are – they spend all their wealth on tea.]
Tea affected
Tea addict
Tea convert
Non-tea Drinker
(Words Synonymous with people who don’t drink/like tea)
[Some of these labels may be un-flattering]
Non-tea drinker
Non-tea person
Tea hater
Ateaist [without tea]
Tea-ignorant
Un-tea cultured [can that be said? Or tea uncultured?]
Tea avoider
Non-tea believer
Non-tea friendly
Tea un-enjoyed
Tea un-cool
Tea deprived
Tea poor
Tea dispossessed
Tea fringe [or fringe teaist?]
Tea uncivilized
Tea uninitiated
Tea unfaithful [or non-tea faithful]
Tea virgin
Tea-less
Tea less-fortunate
Tea traitor
Tea betrayer
Tea procrastinator
Tea stranger
Tea unappreciated
Tea disaffected
Tea disavowed
Tea neglected
Tea Professionals
(People who work with tea)
Tea god
Tea saint
Tea sage
Tea master
Tea host/hostess
Tea picker
Tea farmer
Tea blender
Tea manufacturer
Tea sommelier
Tea waiter/waitress
Tea entrepreneur
Tea lecturer
Tea writer
Tea marketer
Tea executive
Tea buyer
Tea processor
Tea packer
Tea Places
(Places where people go to drink tea)
Tea place
Teahouse
Tea room
Tea bar
Tea restaurant
Tea café
Tea shop
Tea stall
Tea bistro
Tea hut
Tea shack
Tea pavilion
Tea mall
Tea city
Tea town
Tea spot
Tea capital
Tea school
Notice:
The following is just a list for information purposes only. Use at your own risk. Author will not be held responsible financially or otherwise, for any unintended consequences or un-benign results (such as, but not limited to, gagging, barfing, hurling, embarrassment, shattered utensils, etc.) from use of such material. But what the heck, live dangerously; put a little milk in your tea! (Yes, I know you’re all cringing right now.)
Tea Mates
(Stuff that people put in tea)
sugar
sugar cubes [one lump or two?]
rock sugar
brown sugar
demerara
muscovado
sugar syrup
maple syrup
honey
milk (cow’s milk)
evaporated milk
sweetened condensed milk
water [to dilute]
preserved plum [dried prunes]
preserved orange peel
salt
butter
tapioca pearls
ice cubes
lemon juice
lemon slices
chrysanthemum flowers
mint
jujube (dried fruit)
wolfberry (dried fruit)
grass jelly
coconut meat
soya milk
fruit juices
cream
foamed milk
cinnamon
cardamom
nutmeg
cloves
allspice
ginger
coffee [but why?]
liquor [utterly wicked]
Tea Additives
(General Synonyms for tea mates)
Adulterants
Flavorings
Additives
Condiments
Ingredients
Spice
Zest
Zip
Fixatives
Flavor enhancers
6 comments:
Warren,
I was delighted to read part two of your tea terms. Brilliant.
Please find below a few terms for your kind consideration:
teaist
charen
teatotaler
teetolaler
tea specialist
tea connoisseur
tea expert
During the Tang dynasty as additives:
rice
spring onion
ginger,
jujube
quince
dogwood berry
peppermint
Additives during the Song dynasty:
Borneo camphor ("dragon brain""
Steve.
Warren,
Further words for your kind consideration:
bergamot
Seville organge
Steve.
If bibliophiles love books, and oenophiles love wine, is there a similar "phile" word for tea?
If bibliophiles love books, and oenophiles love wine, is there a similar "phile" word for tea?
it's an interesting problem. the issue is perhaps more technical than you will care to hear; but here goes.
the roots to the words you mention -- biblion, oinos, and philos -- are all [classical] greek. but if the ancient greeks knew about tea, they did not discuss it.
some english words from classical roots are hybrids -- part-latin, part-greek. the simplest latin word for tea is thea, as in thea sinensis [a loan-word from the fujian dialect of chinese; the mandarin ('putonghua') word for tea is of course cha.] so one might be inclined to coin 'theophile.' but that word, as it happens, is already taken: the greek word theos means 'god,' so 'theophile' is 'one who loves god [or the gods, or the divine].'
we could go to modern greek and borrow tsai, probably their attempt to render the turkish word chai, which in turn is borrowed from the putonghua word cha; that would give us 'tsaiophile.' but how many english-speaking readers would even know what to do with such a [to them] outlandish spelling?
another possible solution would be to spell the latin thea, without its H, and coin 'teophile.' but this too is a recipe for confusion, as it is already an alternate spelling for 'theophile.'
so -- as lumpen as it may seem -- the best solution is probably 'tea lover.'
sorry!
corax
A little saddened with the conclusion, but I love the exposition. Thanks for the good thoughts from a lumpen (there's another wonderful addition to my vocabulary!) but sincere tea lover.
A little late in the day but a few to add to Tea Professionals:
Tea man (also, as I prefer to call myself, Teaman)
Tea broker
Tea merchant
Tea retailer
Tea shop owner
Tea breeder
Tea geneticist
Tea agronomist
Tea factory manager
Tea lady (a fast disappearing British institution)
Tea taster
Tea auctioneer
Tea plucker
Tea grower
Tea smallholder
Nigel at Teacraft
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