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Pekoe

noun
(Written also pecco)
1.
A superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java.  Synonym: orange pekoe.





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"Pekoe" Quotes from Famous Books



... for all the persons in their families; but it will scarce be proposed. Tea is so universal, that it would make a greater clamour than a duty on wine.' In October 1734 tea was sold in London at the following prices:—Ordinary Bohca 9s. per lb. Fine Bohca 10s. to 12s. per lb. Pekoe 15s. per lb. Hyson 20s. to 25s. per lb. Gent. Mag. ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill


Words linked to "Pekoe" :   black tea, orange pekoe


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