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Answer for the clue "Some of the tea in China ", 6 letters:
oolong

Alternative clues for the word oolong

Word definitions for oolong in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A partially fermented tea which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. Chinese tea leaves that have been semi-fermented before being dried

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dark variety of Chinese tea, 1852, from Chinese wu-lung , literally "black dragon."

Usage examples of oolong.

During the eight weeks I spent with him on Oolong Atoll, I never saw him draw a sober breath.

We were twenty-five thousand on Oolong before the three schooners came.

By day and night the smoke rose in clouds from all the beaches of all the islands of Oolong as we paid the penalty of our wrongdoing.

Sandy sipped on some oolong tea and glanced idly at the ribs he had chewed down to nubbins, he experienced a momentary qualm.

Yunnan province of China, are unique due to a true fermentation -- not the oxidation used for oolong or black teas.

However, the war with Japan had closed off Asian tea markets, our source of green and oolong teas.

Mountain Oolong, getting the temperature of both the water and the pot precisely right, knowing the correct quantity of leaves to add, the right amount of time to let them steep.

She passed Irene a cup of Oolong tea,--none of them had a sufficiently cultivated palate for Sou-chong,--and the girl handed it to her father.

Have to throw out all of the oolong now, all the keemun, the lung jang, the lapsang souchong.

There was an instant sense of high festivity in the evening air from the moment when our guest had so frankly demanded the Oolong tea.

Pouchong teas, sometimes classified as oolongs, are lightly fermented and usually have a subtle, green character.

Although it is traditional to have Oolongs with Chinese dishes, one may argue that rich black Yunnan or Keemun teas offer more complexity and layers to the experience of tea pairings.

Have to throw out all of the oolong now, all the keemun, the lung jang, the lapsang souchong.

Although it is traditional to have Oolongs with Chinese dishes, one may argue that rich black Yunnan or Keemun teas offer more complexity and layers to the experience of tea pairings.

One stack was delicate Young Hyson while the next was partially fermented Oolong, known in Chinese as the "black dragon.