| 单词 | cake tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmascake tea cake tea n. tea compressed into a disc, typically made from leaves that have been dried then steamed (now usually with reference to Pu-erh tea; cf. Pu-erh n.).Chiefly in the context of Chinese tea. The discs (of various sizes) are wrapped and typically left to age and ferment, sometimes for decades, a serving being broken or scraped off to be made into a drink as needed. [After Chinese bǐngchá (already in Middle Chinese; compare Chinese bǐng round flat cake + chá tea: see cha n.).] ΚΠ 1772 J. C. Lettsom Nat. Hist. Tea-tree i. viii. 26 The largest kind of this cake Tea, that I have seen, weighs about two ounces; the infusion and taste resemble those of good bohea Tea. 1944 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 5) 615 Cake tea, or Puerh tea, is produced in Yunnan. The leaves are panned, sundried, and steamed, and then pressed into circular cakes about 8 in. in diameter. 2016 @Coral_Qiu 30 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 18 May 2020) Mini cake tea, Packaging with Yunnan characteristics, refined good gift tea. < as lemmas |
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