Definitions for Bohea
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boheanoun

   A species of tea, of higher colour, and more astringent taste, than green tea.

   Etymology: an Indian word.

   Coarse pewter, appearing to consist chiefly of lead, is part of the bales in which bohea tea was brought from China. John Woodward.

   As some frail cup of China’s fairest mold,
   The tumults of the boiling bohea braves,
   And holds secure the coffee’s sable waves. Thomas Tickell.

   She went from op’ra, park, assembly, play,
   To morning walks, and pray’rs three hours a day;
   To part her time ’twixt reading and bohea,
   To muse, and spill her solitary tea. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bohea

   Wuyi tea, also known by the trade name Bohea in English, is a category of black and oolong teas grown in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, China. The Wuyi region produces a number of well-known teas, including Lapsang souchong and Da Hong Pao. It has historically been one of the major centers of tea production in Fujian province and globally. Both black tea (excluding brick tea) and oolong tea were likely invented in the Wuyi region, which continues to produce both styles today.Wuyi teas are prized because of the distinctive terroir of the mountainsides where they are grown. Because of the lower yield produced by tea bushes in such terrain, the resulting tea can be quite costly. Tea made from the leaves of older bushes is particularly expensive and limited in quantity. Da Hong Pao, collected from what are said to be the original bushes of its variety, is among the most expensive teas in the world, and more valuable by weight than gold. Commercial-grade tea grown at lower elevations in the area accounts for the majority of the Wuyi tea available on the market. Commercial Da Hong Pao is made from cuttings of the original plants.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boheanoun

   bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea

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1. Bohea

   Bohea is a kind of oolong, or, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, black tea generally. The word is derived from the Wuyi Mountains in northern Fujian, China. It is found in Pope's line, "So past her time 'twixt reading and bohea.", or from Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1896 book 'A Lady Of Quality': "One may be sure that...many dishes of Bohea were drunk." In Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Braddon, published in 1862, there is a famous scene in which Lady Audley serves tea: "The floating mists from the boiling liquid in which she infuses the soothing herbs; whose secrets are known to her alone, envelope her in a cloud of scented vapor, through which she seems a social fairy, weaving potent spells with Gunpowder and Bohea." In later times the name 'bohea' has been applied to an inferior quality of tea grown late in the season. Wuyi oolong is characteristically strip shaped and heavily oxidized. The dried leaf is almost black in colour. The word is attested by Rev. Robert Morrison in his Chinese dictionary, as one of the seven sorts of black tea "commonly known by Europeans", along with pekoe and other varieties:

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bohea

   bo-hē′, n. the lowest quality of black tea: tea generally. [Chin.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bohea

   Tea of the poorest quality, grown in the hilly district of Wu-i; pronounced by the Chinese Vooy.

Anagrams for Bohea »

1. bahoe

2. obeah

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bohea in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bohea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Bohea
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohea
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bohea
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Bohea
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Bohea
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Bohea