orange pekoe

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noun

a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.

any India or Ceylon tea of good quality.

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Origin of orange pekoe

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby orange pekoe

Orangeman, Orangeman's Day, Orangemen's Day, orange peel, orange-peel fungus, orange pekoe, orange roughy, orange rust, orangery, oranges, orange stick

How to use orange pekoe in a sentence

"The condemned man ate a hearty tea of Orange Pekoe and cress sandwiches," he reflected silently.
The Palace of Darkened Windows|Mary Hastings Bradley
But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
The Innocents|Sinclair Lewis
Tea gathered exclusively from buds and tips is called "flowery;" if the first young leaf be included, it is "orange pekoe."
East of Suez|Frederic Courtland Penfield
The second leaves make the tea called "orange pekoe," while the third leaves produce a grade of tea called simply "pekoe."
American Adventures|Julian Street

Becky ate little cream cakes with fluted crusts, and drank Orange Pekoe.
The Trumpeter Swan|Temple Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for orange pekoe

orange pekoe

noun

a superior grade of black tea made from the small leaves at the tips of the plant stems and growing in India and Sri Lanka

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