souchong
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of souchong
1750–60; < Chinese dial. (Guangdong) síu-júng, akin to Chinese xiǎozhǒng literally, small sort
Example Sentences
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This nonalcoholic riff picks up many of the original drink’s notes, substituting rich, smoky lapsang souchong black tea for the Islay whisky in the original.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2019
The pork-shoulder meat is marinated in Lapsang souchong tea for a profoundly piney, smoky bite and served with fermented veggies and garlicky kraut.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2018
I keep coming back to his flavor combinations—lately, a savory tea soup featuring Lapsang souchong steeped with ginger, cloves, and mushrooms, in which ribbons of yellow squash wave like flashes of sunlight.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2018
The chocolatier Michael Klug uses ingredients like lemongrass, mango, Lapsang souchong tea, plum wine and five-spice: $24 to $75 through Feb. 18, L.A.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2016
About five o'clock, the tinkling note of the muffin-bell strikes agreeably upon the ear, suggestive of fragrant souchong and bottom-crusts hot, crackling, and unctuous.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 by Chambers, William
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