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Tea & Coffee | |
| arabica | coffee produced from the shrub Coffea arabica, grown esp. in Brazil. |
| bohea | an inferior kind of black tea. [From the Wu-i hills in China]. |
| cappuccino | black coffee with a little milk. |
| cha char | tea. |
| chicory chiccory chickory | a plant the leaves of which are used as a coffee substitute. |
| coffee | a powder made from the seeds of a tree of the madder family; a drink made from this. |
| congo congou | a kind of black Chinese tea. Pl. CONGOS or CONGOES; CONGOUS. |
| cuppa | a cup esp. of tea. |
| decaf decaff | a decaffeinated coffee. |
| espresso expresso | a form of coffee-making machine; coffee made with this. Pl. ESPRESSOS, EXPRESSOS. |
| frappe frappee | of coffee etc. iced, artificially cooled; (noun) an iced drink. |
| hyson | a fine sort of green tea. |
| java | a type of coffee. |
| lapsang | a variety of SOUCHONG tea with a smoky flavour. |
| latte | a kind of coffee, as in cafe latte. |
| macchiato+ | espresso coffee served with a dash of hot or cold milk: MACCHIATOS. |
| manuka | an Australian and New Zealand tree of the myrtle family, with aromatic leaves used as a substitute for tea. |
| mate | an infusion made from the leaves and shoot of a S. American shrub, aka Paraguay tea. |
| mocha | a choice, pungent coffee. |
| oolong oulong | a variety of black tea with the flavour of green. [Chinese wu-lung, black dragon]. |
| pekoe | a scented black tea. [Chinese pek-ho, white down]. |
| robusta | coffee produced from a shrub Coffea robusta. |
| rooibos+ | (Afrikaans) tea made from the dried leaves of an African plant. |
| silverskin | the fine skin of a coffee bean. |
| soochong souchong | a kind of black tea of a fine quality. [Chinese hsiao, small, + chung, sort]. |
| stroupach stroupan | (Scots) a drink of tea. |
| succory | a plant the leaves of which are used as a coffee substitute. |
| tay | tea. |
| tea | can also be a verb, to take tea: TEAS, TEAING, TEAED. |
| tealike | like tea. |
| twanky twankay | a variety of green tea. [From Tong-ke in China]. |
| yapon yaupon youpon yupon | a tree of the holly genus, the leaves of which are used as a tea substitute. |
| yerba | a herb the leaves of which are used to make mate, or Paraguay tea. |