Crossword clues for congou
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congou \Con"gou\, Congo \Con"go\, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea.
Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the
``well worked'', a name which took the place of the
Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to
the term ``English breakfast tea.''
--S. W.
Williams.
WordNet
n. black tea grown in China [syn: congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea]
Wikipedia
Congou is a description of a black Chinese tea variety used by 19th-century tea importers in America and Europe. It was the base of the 19th-century English Breakfast tea blend.
Usage examples of "congou".
There was smoky Lapsang Souchong, sturdy Congou, popular Pekoe, and many more, each with its own character.
And expensive tea is a very favourite luxury with well-to-do tradespeople and rich farmers’ wives, who turn up their noses at the Congou and Souchong prevalent at many tables of gentility, and will have nothing else than Gunpowder and Pekoe for themselves.
Green teas, which are my favorite, but also black—orange pekoe, congou, souchong.
Green teas, which are my favorite, but also black-orange pekoe, congou, souchong.