ceremonial tea
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“We had ceremonial tea, and they said they had been waiting for the American people for a very long time,” Brusseau says.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
The colored substance that had the most influence on the structure of Japanese taste is a green powder called matcha, or ceremonial tea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meeting over cups of ceremonial tea the Japanese Cotton Spinners' Federation voted unanimously to boycott raw Indian cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had stayed only a few minutes, drinking the ceremonial tea that was offered so shyly.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
Him he regards as inevitable; and consents gloomily to conduct his tainted band to a ceremonial tea in the Housemaster's drawing-room.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
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