gunpowder tea

gunpowder tea
n.
Chinese green tea whose leaves are rolled into pellets

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  • gunpowder tea — noun : a green tea each leaf of which is rolled into a small ball or pellet * * * gunpowder tea, a fine kind of green tea, whose leaves are rolled into little balls …   Useful english dictionary

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