This beautifully laid out, hierarchical list of 211 tea flavor descriptors (see sample) is broken into 28 primary and secondary categories for easy visual navigation.

Using a standard set of terms to describe teas will not only help you refine your palate, it will also help you better communicate with other tea-heads, as you'll both be using the same language.

This tea flavor lexicon is a result of years of research and having tasted thousands of teas. To verify my work (and because I’m a huge computer nerd), I also analyzed the text of 1169 tea reviews and product descriptions from across the web to ensure that there were no omissions.