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[syn: congou, congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
congou
n 1: black tea grown in China [syn: congou, congo, congou
tea, English breakfast tea]