pekoe

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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

Among black teas are bohea, congou, souchong, and pekoe; among green, hyson, imperial, and gunpowder.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various