bohea

Noun

bo=hea

CIDE DICTIONARY

bohea, n. [From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.].

Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea. [1913 Webster]

" The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general." [1913 Webster]

bohea, n. a black China tea, the last crop of the season and usu. regarded as of low quality.

Etymology

Bu-i (Wuyi) Hills in China

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