Word of the Day: Hyson

Can you pronounce hyson?

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Hyson noun 1. A type of green China tea. "If you use boiling water to brew hyson tea, it can taste bitter, just like all green tea." "We have several green teas on the menu, but my favorite is the hyson." "I can make iced tea out of the ginger tea or the hyson tea." Ads help keep Word Daily free. Chinese, mid-18th century Hyson is a type of green tea, but when it was imported in the mid-18th century by British East India Tea Company merchant Phillip Hyson, it was called "xīchūn" ("bright spring") in China. Hyson was highly taxed for American colonists, and 70 cases of the tea were thrown into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. ... Thank you for supporting our advertisers. Do you remember these words?

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