black tea

/blæk ti/

/blæk ti/

Other forms: black teas

Definitions of black tea

1. noun

   fermented tea leaves
   types:

   English breakfast tea, congo, congou, congou tea

   black tea grown in China

   Darjeeling

   a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India

   orange pekoe, pekoe

   a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java

   soochong, souchong

   a fine quality of black tea native to China

   type of:

   tea, tea leaf

   dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea