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black tea

black teas

Definitions of black tea
  1. noun
    fermented tea leaves
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    English breakfast tea, congo, congou, congou tea
    black tea grown in China
    Darjeeling
    a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India
    orange pekoe, pekoe
    a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java
    soochong, souchong
    a fine quality of black tea native to China
    type of:
    tea, tea leaf
    dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea
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