black tea

noun

: tea that is dark in color from complete oxidation of the leaf before firing

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Opening with tension-taming bergamot and nutmeg, the perfume is also spiked with black tea, palo santo, and cashmere wood. Jenny Berg, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025 New on the menu at Starbucks includes its Iced Cherry Chai, a black tea infused with cinnamon, clove and other spices, combined with milk and ice and topped with cherry cream cold foam and a cherry crunch topping. Raven Brunner, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Our whiskey is made with rye, orange blossom honey, lapsang souchong, black tea, and herbal tea. Noel Burgess, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 But finely ground tea leaves, particularly black tea leaves, adsorbed slightly more metal ions than whole leaves, which the researchers attributed to surface area that the metals could bind to. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black tea

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of black tea was in 1706

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“Black tea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20tea. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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