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CONGOU
congou, congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea
(noun) black tea grown in China
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Congou (uncountable)
Alternative form of congou
Etymology
Noun
congou (countable and uncountable, plural congous)
(dated) A kind of Chinese black tea.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"go, Con"gou, n. Etym: [Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Definition: Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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