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pekoe
[ pee-koh ]
noun
- a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
pekoe
/ ˈpiːkəʊ /
noun
- a high-quality tea made from the downy tips of the young buds of the tea plant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pekoe1
1705–15; < dialectal Chinese (Xiamen) pek-ho, akin to Chinese báu white + hòu empress
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pekoe1
C18: from Chinese (Amoy) peh ho, from peh white + ho down
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Example Sentences
The Pekoe is a particular kind of tea-shrub, the leaves of which are all black on the one side, and all white on the other.
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This changes the quality of the Pekoe, for these leaves being scarcely formed, can have very little sap or flavour.
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"The condemned man ate a hearty tea of Orange Pekoe and cress sandwiches," he reflected silently.
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But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
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Tea gathered exclusively from buds and tips is called "flowery;" if the first young leaf be included, it is "orange pekoe."
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