Definitions for Pekoe
ˈpi koʊpekoe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. orange pekoe, pekoenoun

   a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java

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1. pekoenoun

   A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India and Java.

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1. pekoe

   In the tea industry, tea leaf grading is the process of evaluating products based on the quality and condition of the tea leaves themselves. The highest grades for Western and South Asian teas are referred to as "orange pekoe", and the lowest as "fannings" or "dust". Pekoe tea grades are classified into various qualities, each determined by how many of the adjacent young leaves (two, one, or none) were picked along with the leaf buds. Top-quality pekoe grades consist of only the leaf buds, which are picked using the balls of the fingertips. Fingernails and mechanical tools are not used, to avoid bruising. Certain grades of leaf are better suited to certain varieties of tea. For example, most white tea is processed from the buds or shoots of the tea plant.When crushed to make bagged teas, the tea is referred to as "broken", as in "broken orange pekoe" ("BOP"). These lower grades include fannings and dust, which are tiny remnants created in the sorting and crushing processes. Orange pekoe is referred to as "OP". The grading scheme also contains categories higher than OP, which are determined primarily by leaf wholeness and size.Broken, fannings and dust orthodox teas have slightly different grades. CTC teas, which consist of leaves mechanically rendered to uniform fannings, have yet another grading system.

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1. pekoe

   Pekoe is a grade of tea leaves that refers to the young leaves picked right below the bud and often signifies high-quality tea. The term is typically applied to black teas, but it can also be used to describe large-leaf white and green teas. The name is thought to come from the Chinese word for white hair, "baihao," referring to the tiny white hairs on the young tea leaves.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pekoenoun

   a kind of black tea

2. Etymology: [Chin. pih-hoau: cf. F. peko]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pekoe

   pē′kō, n. a scented black tea. [Chinese.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pekoe in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pekoe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pekoe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pekoe
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekoe
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pekoe
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pekoe