Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A grade of black tea produced in China, being the third picking during the season.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called
English breakfast tea . See tea.
WordNet 3.0
- n. black tea grown in China
Etymologies
- Chinese (Amoy) kong hu (te), elaborately prepared (tea), corresponding to Chinese (Mandarin) gōngfu (chá), from gōngfu, worksmanship; see kung fu. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On the job this morning, working on The Steles of the Sky and The White City and drinking rose congou tea until it's time to go help fetch ashacat and Naveen home from the hospital.”
the cadillacs come creeping through the night and the poison gas
“Rose congou tea, Morning temperature 38 balmy degrees, even when I had the dog out at sunrise.”
“For example: rose congou is achieved by layering rose petals among black China tea.”
“Also, rosewater Turkish delight with rose congou tea is very nice.”
“Assam in the morning and rose congou in the afternoon?”
“Some well-known brands of black tea are _China congou_, or _English breakfast_, _Formosa_, _oolong_, and the various”
“She indulged in two crumpets and a dash of rum in the congou.”
“I made her a few evening visits, and we talked love affairs over muffins and a cup of excellent congou.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828
“No, no; a few presents now and thenchina, shawls, congou tea, avadavats and Indian crackerslittle more, believe me.”
“In order of quality the Ceylon grades are: orange pekoe, pekoe, pekoe-souchong, souchong, congou, and dust.”
Lists
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The Way of Tea
All things tea (lingo, paraphernalia, types).
high tea, meat tea, four o'clock tea, five o'clock tea, tea party, teapoy, tea service, tea set, tea tray, teapot, teakettle, tea urn and 150 more...
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Native Tongue
Words from other languages that have become part of my own.
kagakshi, pespeyason, mskoda, potawatomi, athabaskan, waglula, fu, weemoed, solidarność, congou, darjeeling, alpe d'huez and 55 more...
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