Tea

tē, n. the dried leaves of a shrub in China, Japan, A am, and Ceylon: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water: any vegetable infusion.— ns. Tea′-bread , light spongy bread or buns to be eaten with tea; Tea′-cadd′y , a caddy or small box for holding tea; Tea′-cake , a light cake to be eaten with tea; Tea′-can′ister , an air-tight jar or box for holding tea; Tea′-chest , a chest or case in which tea is imported; Tea′-clip′per , a fast-sailing ship in the tea-trade; Tea′-cō′sy (see Cosy ); Tea′-cup , a small cup used in drinking tea; Tea′-deal′er , one who buys and sells tea; Tea′-fight ( slang ), a tea-party; Tea′-gar′den , a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served; Tea′-gown , a loose gown for wearing at afternoon tea at home; Tea′-house , a Chinese or Japanese house for tea, .; Tea′-kett′le , a kettle in which to boil water for making tea; Tea′-lead , thin sheet-lead, used in lining tea-chests; Tea′-par′ty , a social gathering at which tea is served, also the persons present; Tea′-plant , the plant or shrub from which tea is obtained; Tea′-pot , a pot or ve el in which the beverage tea is made; Tea′-sau′cer , a saucer in which a tea-cup is set; Tea′-ser′vice , -set , the utensils nece ary for a tea-table; Tea′-spoon , a small spoon used with the tea-cup, smaller still than the de ert-spoon; Tea′-stick , a stick cut from the Australian tea-tree; Tea′-tā′ble , a table at which tea is drunk; Tea′-tast′er , one who ascertains the quality of tea by tasting it.— n.pl. Tea′-things , the tea-pot, cups, .— ns. Tea′-tree , the common tea-plant or shrub; a name of various Australian myrtaceous and other plants; Tea′-urn , a ve el for boiling water or keeping it hot, used on the tea-table.— Black tea , that which in the proce of manufacture is fermented between rolling and firing (heating with charcoal in a sieve), while Green tea is that which is fired immediately after rolling. Among black teas are bohea , congou , souchong , and pekoe ; among green, hyson , imperial , and gunpowder . The finest black is Pekoe ; the finest green, Gunpowder . [From South Chinese te (pron. tā ), the common form being ch'a or ts'a .]