Bohyang

Another of the named Korean cultivars, from the same national programme. The reason Korea has so few and adopted them so late is structural rather than technical: tea cultivation in Korea was largely dormant for much of the twentieth century and was rebuilt from the 1970s onwards, so the country had to establish an industry before it could sensibly breed for one.

보향Camellia sinensis var. sinensisSouth Korea

Where it sits in the botany

Bohyang is recorded under Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, the variety group one level above cultivar. It is associated with South Korea, which is where it was selected or is most widely planted rather than the only place it grows.

Also transliterated as: bohyang, bo hyang.

Where it came from

Bred within Korea’s agricultural research system as a named domestic cultivar.

How firm this is: Inferred rather than taken from a primary breeding or registration record. Release year, parentage and traits were not verified against a primary source.

What the plant is like

Grown in small quantity alongside the seed-grown jaerae-jong material that still accounts for most Korean plantings.

What it is usually made into

The categories this cultivar is typically processed into. It is a statement about common practice, not a limit — processing decides the category, and a cultivar can be taken down more than one route.

Green tea — Tea whose oxidation is halted early by heat, keeping the leaf green and the cup fresh, vegetal or marine in character.

Other cultivars in Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

Sources

TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ

This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No breeding register or institutional record stands behind the account above, which is why the origin note carries its confidence in the open rather than reading as a citation.

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