black tea

noun

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

Examples of black tea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One cup of green or black tea contains roughly 25 to 60mg of L-theanine, so your nightly tea habit is a small but real contribution. —Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026

Black Tea Like tomato juice, the antioxidants in black tea may help lower your risk of diabetes by regulating your blood sugar and preventing inflammation. —Laura Schober, Health, 20 Apr. 2026

These are Chinese, of course, and are made by coating duck eggs in a paste of salt, wood ash, lime, and black tea and burying them among rice husks in huge ceramic jars for 100 days. —Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026

Notes of lime, black tea, cardamom, and lily-of-the-valley convey an expansive feeling of nature, but the sandalwood drydown is what lingers long after the citrusy and herbaceous top notes disappear. —Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for black tea

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy