I wondered why I had never seen the word “baikhovy” or something that could resemble its translation abroad, and even on the varieties of tea produced abroad. Many, I think, from childhood remember this definition, which we considered the name of the variety, on the packs, either with Georgian, or with Krasnodar, or with Indian, "thus, with an elephant."
Something is unclean here ...
I remember that ten or fifteen years ago they started to play advertisements for "the same tea" on TV, and many bought. And then they scolded - not Indian tea at all, not long tea! Elderly people were still arguing about which tea is baikhov and which is not.
And now I know several deep old people who yearn for "that very long tea" and stubbornly look for this definition on the packs.
I decided to google it - what kind of variety is this, mysterious and why they do not know it abroad. Abroad, as far as I know, there are varieties Brocken, Flovery, Orange, Pekoe, Tirry, Souchong, Special, Golden. If the name is not completely on the box, then there will be an abbreviation from the first letter of the name of the variety and more letters - indicating the size of the tea leaf.
It turned out to be no mystery and no.
The definition of "Baykhovy" initially took root only in Russia and then - on the territory of the former USSR, and referred to all types of loose tea.
And all thanks to Chinese traders, who in ancient times followed the principles of trade. Aliexpress: maximum profit at minimum cost and to our merchants, who are not particularly subtle began to delve into.
Bai hoa - so called tips, buds of leaves of a tea bush, which have not yet had time to open. Small white villi are located on them. A large number of tips are still considered a sign of quality tea, you can determine that tea is with them by the letter "T" in the abbreviation.
Earlier, tea with a high content of tips was also appreciated, because dishonest traders marked any ai as "bai hoa". This is how long tea appeared, which few people in the world have heard about, but here they are well aware.
Therefore, one should not think that the definition "long-term" can be considered a synonym for quality. On the contrary. Tea dust can also be called baih tea - the main thing is that it is crumbly.