pekoe
Example Sentences
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The chain’s sweet tea is said to be a "refreshing blend of orange pekoe and pekoe cut black tea," which can range between 90 and 220 calories.
From Fox News ● Oct. 20, 2021
Sit for 90 minutes, have a cup of orange pekoe and feel satisfied.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2013
There is leaf size to consider too: the term orange pekoe, for instance, has nothing to do with oranges but denotes whether the leaf is a bud or the tip of a bud.
From Time Magazine Archive
She lifted her glass and wondered whether Levy Pants was beginning to reek a little of used pekoe.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong.
From Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Wilde, Oscar
