: tea made from the smallest and youngest leaves of the shoot
Examples of orange pekoe in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe flavors of smoky blackberries, orange pekoe tea and ginger are dazzling.—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 July 2022 The wine’s spicy red berry flavors play nicely with notes of orange pekoe tea and dark chocolate.—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 July 2020 The typical breakdown is 30 percent orange pekoe black tea leaves for a nice fragrance, 30 percent broken orange fanning leaves for intensity, and ten percent tea dust.—Mandy Lee, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2019
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