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    Congou (?), Congo (?) , n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea.
   
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   Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.” S. W. Williams.
   
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