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con⋅gou

[kong-goo]
–noun
a black tea from China.
Also, congo.


Origin:
1715–25; < dial. Chin (Xiamen), equiv. to Chin gōngfū(-chá) lit., effort (tea)
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con·gou   (kŏng'gō, -gōō)   
n.  A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant.

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