souchong
(suːˈʃɒŋ)
[ad. Chinese siao-chung (Cantonese siu chung) small sort.]
One of the finer varieties of black tea. Also attrib.
| 1760 Ann. Reg. 132 The East-India ships..have brought..62,900 [lb.] of souchong. 1777 A. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 313, I feel as contented when I have breakfasted upon milk as ever I did with Hyson or Souchong. 1803 Phil. Trans. XCIII. 268 An ounce of Souchong tea produced 48 grains of tannin. 1850 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 208 Now, animated by some very inferior Souchong from the village shop, I continue my letter. 1870 Dickens E. Drood vi, He finished his breakfast as if the flavour of the Superior Family Souchong..were a little on the wane. |