Picture Details
Flowery Pekoe tea
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC66271Origin:
Coonoor, Neilgherries (Nilgiris Hills), Tamil Nadu, IndiaDonor / Date:
India MuseumDescription:
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Flowery Pekoe is a grade of tea and refers to a good quality tea made using leaf buds and the leaves from the tip of the branch. The word 'pekoe' is derived from the Chinese word 'pak-ho' which refers to the white down on the bud leaves. This sample of tea was transferred to Kew's Museum of Economic Botany from the India Museum in London. The India Museum was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. It was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed.
