Paraguay tea
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Paraguay tea
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Last year a campaign to launch Paraguay tea in New York as "a new drink with a.new kick" petered out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hard-boiled Argentine reason for the embargo: an "infant industry" producing Paraguay tea in Argentina has been started in the past few years, gives employment to some 50.000 Argentine laborers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the Paraguay tea they have a good store, the yerba being a commodity which packs in small space.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
Among useful plants belonging to the American continent are maize, the potato, cacao, tobacco, cinchona, vanilla, Paraguay tea, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
The physiological action of coffee mainly depends on the presence of the alkaloid caffeine, which occurs also in tea, Paraguay tea, and cola nuts, and is very similar to theobromine, the active principle in cocoa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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