congou

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.]

[ad. Chinese kung-fu work, and workman, kung-fu-ch'a, app. tea on which work or effort is expended - omission of the f is the foreigner's corruption (Prof. Legge)]  /KUN(j) go/
a fine grade of black tea imported from China

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: black tea grown in China
  Synonyms: congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea

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