hyson

American  

[hahy-suhn] / ˈhaɪ sən /

noun

1. a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop young hyson.

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hyson British  

/ ˈhaɪsən /

noun

1. a Chinese green tea, the early crop of which is known as young hyson and the inferior leaves as hyson skin

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Etymology

Origin of hyson

1730–40; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) héichēun, akin to Chinese xīchūn (blooming) spring

Example Sentences

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hyson

Come, Wilhelmina, give us a cup of your fragrant hyson, of which we have luckily abundance, tax or no tax.

From Wyandotte by James Fenimore Cooper

Tea, owing to the China war, rose from 5l. to 15l. per half-pecul chest of hyson skin.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by G. F. Davidson

The third who comes the hyson to inhale, If not a man, at least appears a male.

From The Little Tea Book by George Washington Hood

After partaking of that most exhilarating of all beverages, the pure hyson, we began to chat with almost the same freedom as though we had been long acquainted.

From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

The best black teas in general use are pekoe and pouchong; the best green teas are imperial, young hyson, and gunpowder.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie