souchong

or soo·chong

[soo-shong, -chong]

noun

a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.

Origin of souchong

1750–60; < Chinese dial. (Guangdong) síu-júng, akin to Chinese xiǎozhǒng literally, small sort

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Historical Examples of souchong

Where is she to buy her souchong, or her strong waters, except from us!
Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle
It is not correct to say that the Souchong is an inferior tea.
Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat
Edmund Roberts
These names in England are corrupted into congo, and souchong.
The Book of Curiosities
I. Platts
Why, all the fellows will be asking which of us is pepper, and which Souchong?
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)
Charlotte M. Yonge
He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Oscar Wilde

British Dictionary definitions for souchong

souchong

noun

a black tea with large leaves

Word Origin for souchong

C18: from Chinese hsiao-chung small kind

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