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black tea

noun

: tea that is dark in color from complete oxidation of the leaf before firing

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Additionally, even chai can help bring the same serenity if black tea isn’t your thing. Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 14 Nov. 2025 With combinations like blooming rose black tea and sweet cinnamon masala chai tea, you are bound to find your favorite flavor in this calendar. Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025 Dunkin’s new Berry Sangria Refresher combines a berry-forward holiday punch with customers’ choice of green tea, black tea, lemonade or sparkling water to make the drinks their own. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 Study co-author Alessio Daniele says apples, plums, berries, nuts and – yes – green and black tea – are all good sources of the compounds. New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black tea

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of black tea was in 1706

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“Black tea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20tea. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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