green tea

noun

a tea that is steamed to prevent fermentation and then rolled and dried.

Origin of green tea

First recorded in 1695–1705

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How to use green tea in a sentence

Over green tea, Than Gyi told us about her village, interrupting herself frequently to stare at us and laugh.
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Apply to the forehead for fast relief and follow up with a cup of green tea with half a lemon squeezed in.
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To dilute the bitterness, the less-than-brave steep them in green tea.
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At one point, I was encased in a jelly-green-tea collagen mask, which was awesome.
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As Predator Drones took off and landed incessantly at the nearby airfield, we chatted over a pot of green tea.
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Get a pound of the best green tea and three pounds of white lump sugar.
The Nursery, November 1881, Vol. XXX | Various
Quick as her movements were, Mary caught a smell of strong green tea, and the sight of a sugar bowl and a slice of white bread.
The English Orphans | Mary Jane Holmes
Mr Fortune witnessed the process of colouring them in the Hung-chow green-tea country, and describes the process.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 | Various
Boil a quart of cream or rich milk, and pour it (while boiling) on three ounces of the best green tea.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice Baru
Take it off, and throw in a tea-spoonful of raw green tea of the best sort, and let it infuse about five minutes.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice Baru

British Dictionary definitions for green tea

green tea

noun

a sharp tea made from tea leaves that have been steamed and dried quickly without fermenting

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