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Synonyms for pekoe
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pee-koh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi koʊ |
Définition of pekoe
- As in tea : noun beverage
- He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong.
- Extract from : « Lord Arthur Savile's Crime » by Oscar Wilde
- The Pekoe is a particular kind of tea-shrub, the leaves of which are all black on the one side, and all white on the other.
- Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
- This changes the quality of the Pekoe, for these leaves being scarcely formed, can have very little sap or flavour.
- Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
- The best black teas in general use are pekoe and pouchong; the best green teas are imperial, young hyson, and gunpowder.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- He hunted out a little tea shop, where he meditated over three cups of pekoe and hot buttered toast.
- Extract from : « Kathleen » by Christopher Morley
- The second leaves make the tea called "orange pekoe," while the third leaves produce a grade of tea called simply "pekoe."
- Extract from : « American Adventures » by Julian Street
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