congou

con·gou

C0568600 (kŏng′gō, -go͞o)n. A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant.

[Amoy (Xiamen) kang hu (te), elaborately prepared (tea), corresponding to Mandarin gōngfu (chá), from gōngfu, worksmanship; see kung fu.]

(ˈkɒŋɡuː) or

n (Cookery) a kind of black tea from China[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kong hu tē tea prepared with care]

(ˈkɒŋ gu)

n. a black tea from China. [1715–25; < dial. Chinese (Xiamen), = Chinese gōngfū(-chá) literally, effort (tea)]

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congou - black tea grown in China congou tea, English breakfast tea, congoblack tea - fermented tea leaves