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

Some familiar kinds of green tea are hyson, Japan, and gunpowder.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Still, I'll engage I am tory enough yet to like the smell of hyson.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

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

From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington

John sent the tea from o'er the sea, with heavy duties rated; But whether hyson or bohea, I never heard it stated.

From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers

I had the pleasure to carry into Wilmington ten or twelve chests of the finest hyson, which were distributed among the hospitals; and a lot of silver ingots made a narrow escape from confiscation.

From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John