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Definition of English breakfast tea
1. Noun. Black tea grown in China.
Lexicographical Neighbors of English Breakfast Tea
Literary usage of English breakfast tea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"... the green leaves with coppery edges of the oolong tea, and the brownish black
or reddish black leaves of the English breakfast tea. ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"The American tea was tested by Mr. Gillet Gill, who pronounced it ci|ual to the
best high-grade English breakfast tea and superior to many grades that come ..."
3. The Correct Thing in Good Society by Florence Howe Hall (1888)
"To remember that English breakfast tea is now the favorite and fashionable variety.
To remember that cheap English breakfast tea is not fit to drink; ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"English breakfast tea, a name given in the United ... 1 and English breakfast
tea, above,—South Sea tea, a misnomer of the yaupon. ..."
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