Congou

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congou
       n : black tea grown in China [syn: {congo}, {congou tea}, {English
           breakfast tea}]