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An infusion made from tea leaves
Varieties of tea include: black, Congou, Keemun Congou, Souchong, Lapsang Souchong, Oolong, Formosa, Pouchong, Bohea, Darjeeling, Ceylon, China, Yerba, Assam, orange pekoe, pekoe, green, Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial Hyson, Gunpowder, Pearl, Earl Grey, English breakfast, Irish breakfast, blackberry, bergamot, lemon balm, Moyune Gunpowder, Twankay, panfired, basket-fired, Paraguay, mixed, jasmine, blended, spider-leaf, butterfly's eyebrow, orange flower, raspberry, spiced, sassafras, sage, mint, camomile, rose hip, tansy, ginger, Abyssinian, Labrador, horehound, cambric; tea of heaven.
A light afternoon or evening meal
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