black tea

noun

1. a tea that has been allowed to wither and ferment under controlled conditions before being subjected to a heating process that stops fermentation and turns the leaves black.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black tea¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Fu-chow was the black-tea port of China at that time, and it had been opened just two years before.

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The latter was my favorite beverage; and I usually drank two cups with my breakfast and dinner, and black tea with my supper.

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In the black-tea districts, as in the green, large quantities of young plants are yearly raised from seeds.

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"I'm sorry we have no milk to offer you," laughed Stephen, passing the parson a cup of black tea.

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Here he drank scalding black-tea ceremonially, taking the hot cup from Kim's hand.

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