oolong

[ oo-lawng, -long ]

/ ˈuˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.

Origin of oolong

First recorded in 1850–55, oolong is from the Chinese word wúlóng literally, black dragon, or < a cognate dial. form

oolachan, oolemma, oolite, oolith, oology, oolong, oom, oom paul, oomiak, oompah, oomph

Then he drank about two-thirds of a cup of beef-tea, and some Oolong tea.

The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure |Edward Hooker Dewey
I've been lottin' all the way on a cup o' that best tea o' yourn,—some o' that Oolong you keep in the little chist.

The Country of the Pointed Firs |Sarah Orne Jewett
Oolong tea does not color the water very much, so its strength cannot be as well judged in that way.

The Century Cook Book |Mary Ronald
He had made the Solomon Islands, and there told his brothers of what we had done in Oolong.

South Sea Tales |Jack London

They're just bein' served with Oolong and caviar sandwiches.

Torchy and Vee |Sewell Ford

oolong

/ (ˈuːˌlɒŋ) /

a kind of dark tea, grown in China, that is partly fermented before being dried

C19: from Chinese wu lung, from wu black + lung dragon