pekoe
[ pee-koh ]
/ ˈpi koʊ /
noun
a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
Origin of pekoe
1705–15; < dialectal Chinese (Xiamen)
pek-ho, akin to Chinese
báu white +
hòu empress
Words nearby pekoe
Example sentences from the Web for pekoe
The second leaves make the tea called "orange pekoe," while the third leaves produce a grade of tea called simply "pekoe."
American Adventures |Julian StreetHe had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime |Oscar WildeHe hunted out a little tea shop, where he meditated over three cups of pekoe and hot buttered toast.
Kathleen |Christopher MorleyThis changes the quality of the Pekoe, for these leaves being scarcely formed, can have very little sap or flavour.
The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for pekoe
pekoe
/ (ˈpiːkəʊ) /
noun
a high-quality tea made from the downy tips of the young buds of the tea plant
Word Origin for pekoe
C18: from Chinese (Amoy)
peh ho, from
peh white +
ho down