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Black tea grown in China
Answer for the clue "Black tea grown in China ", 6 letters:
congou
Alternative clues for the word congou
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. black tea grown in China [syn: congo , congou tea , English breakfast tea ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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'', ...
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.