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Bohea

Bohea \Bo*hea"\, n. [From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.] Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.

Note: The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general.

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bohea

n. A black tea from China. Originally referred to a high quality tea, now refers to a lower-grade tea.

Usage examples of "bohea".

Previously their Bohea tea had been brought to England where a duty of one shilling in the pound was levied on it.

That the colonists were in a fighting mood was apparent when a party of young men, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded a vessel belonging to the East India Company and which was carrying a consignment of Bohea tea to the value of 18,000 pounds and tipped it into Boston harbour.

My lord had something to say on the matter himself when he took a dish of Bohea with my Lady Lowestoft next day.

One pack-horse, for example, typically carried six pounds of loaf sugar, a pound of green tea, a pound of bohea tea, six pounds of ground coffee, six pounds of chocolate, a half chest of white biscuit, a half pound of pepper, a quart of white vinegar, two dozen bottles of old Madeira wine, two gallons of Jamaica spirits (rum), one bottle of powdered mustard, two well-cured hams, a dozen cured tongues, six pounds of rice, six pounds of raisins, twenty pounds of butter, and one Gloucester cheese.

One pack-horse, for example, typically carried six pounds of loaf sugar, a pound of green tea, a pound of bohea tea, six pounds of ground coffee, six pounds of chocolate, a half chest of white biscuit, a half pound of pepper, a quart of white vinegar, two dozen bottles of old Madeira wine, two gallons of “.