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

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 Davidson, G. F.

There is trouble for you—ye silken, perfumed throng, who nibble cheese-straws, test the hyson when it is red, and discuss the heartrending aspects of the servant-girl problem to the lascivious pleasings of a lute!

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

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

Souchong, flowery pekoe, hyson,young hyson, gunpowder, imperial,and other teas not enumerated 3 0 per lb.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Pure religion iz like good old hyson tea, it cheers, but don’t intoxikate.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.