Synonyms for pekoe


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pee-koh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi koʊ


Définition of pekoe

  • As in tea : noun beverage
Example sentences :
  • 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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