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Definition of Black tea

1. Noun. Fermented tea leaves.

Definition of Black tea

1. Noun. Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A cup of tea served without milk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Black tea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1857)
"... AND black tea. EGBERT FORTUNE, in his " Residence among the Chinese," says, " If there is any one now who still clings to the old idea that green teas ..."

2. American Agriculturist (1848)
"Here were then green-tea plantations on the black-tea hills, and not a single plant of the Thea bohea to be seen. Moreover, at the time of my visit, ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1853)
"Dr. Royle showed specimens of the black tea plant from the Woo-e-Shan, and of the Green Tea plant from the ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"ing tea cultivated, the species proved to be the Then Bohea, or what is commonly called the black tea plant. In the green tea districts of the north—I ..."

5. The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants by John Francis Davis (1840)
"The black tea thus contains much of the woody fibre, while the fine green is exclusively the fleshy part of the leaf itself, which is one . good reason why ..."

6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1857)
"... AND black tea. EGBERT FORTUNE, in his " Residence among the Chinese," says, " If there is any one now who still clings to the old idea that green teas ..."

7. American Agriculturist (1848)
"Here were then green-tea plantations on the black-tea hills, and not a single plant of the Thea bohea to be seen. Moreover, at the time of my visit, ..."

8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1853)
"Dr. Royle showed specimens of the black tea plant from the Woo-e-Shan, and of the Green Tea plant from the ..."

9. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"ing tea cultivated, the species proved to be the Then Bohea, or what is commonly called the black tea plant. In the green tea districts of the north—I ..."

10. The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants by John Francis Davis (1840)
"The black tea thus contains much of the woody fibre, while the fine green is exclusively the fleshy part of the leaf itself, which is one . good reason why ..."

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