'English breakfast tea' definitions:

Definition of 'English breakfast tea'

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noun
Black tea grown in China [syn: congou, congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea]

Definition of 'English breakfast tea'

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  • English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster]
  • English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.
  • English breakfast tea. See Congou.
  • English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese.
  • English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'English breakfast tea'

From: GCIDE
  • Congou \Con"gou\, Congo \Con"go\, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]