congou
/kong-goo/US // ˈkɒŋ gu //UK // (ˈkɒŋɡuː) //
刚果共和国,刚果,刚果人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a black tea from China.
Examples
I made her a few evening visits, and we talked love affairs over muffins and a cup of excellent congou.
Chests of Congou and Souchon and flasks of arrack are standings about.
The next picking is called Souchong; as the leaves grow larger and more mature, they form Congou; and the last picking is Bohea.
Congou, the next higher kind, is named from a corruption of the Chinese Koong-foa (great care, or assiduity).
We commenced the year with prices of congou, the leading article of black tea, at 1s.
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