n. A grade of Chinese black tea, obtained from the fifth and largest leaf gathered from a shoot tip of a tea plant. [Amoy (Xiamen) kang hu (te), elaborately prepared (tea), corresponding to Mandarin gōngfu (chá), from gōngfu, worksmanship; see KUNG FU.] |
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