con·gou

(kŏng′gō, -go͞o)

A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant.

[Amoy (Xiamen) kang hu (te), elaborately prepared (tea), corresponding to Mandarin gōngfu (chá), from gōngfu, worksmanship; see kung fu.]

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congou

(ˈkɒŋɡuː) or

congo

(Cookery) a kind of black tea from China

[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kong hu tē tea prepared with care]

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con•gou

(ˈkɒŋ gu)

n.

a black tea from China.

[1715–25; < dial. Chinese (Xiamen), = Chinese gōngfū(-chá) literally, effort (tea)]

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congou - black tea grown in China

congou tea, English breakfast tea, congo

black tea - fermented tea leaves

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The best are Lapsing Souchong, Assam Pekoe, rare Ankoe, Flowery Pekoe, Howqua's mixture, Scented Caper, Padral tea, black Congou, and green Twankey.

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Short indicated three types of oolong, or as he called them: Bohea or Pekoe (higher grade tea made from leaf-buds); Congo (later reiterated as 'congou,' this term is a transliteration from the Chinese 'gongfu,' meaning 'with skill'); and Common Bohea.

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When leaves are picked they are graded on the basis of their proximity to the growing tip; pekoe (orange pekoe are the leaves around the growing tip, followed by pekoe and pekoe souchong), souchong, and congou. This classification is also valid for black tea, the most common in the Orient, which is prepared by withering and drying the leaves, which are then pressed and twisted, and mildly fermented.

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