congou

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=gou

CIDE DICTIONARY

congou, n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.].

 Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea.  [1913 Webster]
"Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.”"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

congou, n. a variety of black China tea.

Etymology

Chin. dial. kung hu te tea laboured for