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Oolong

2 stages from Chinese to English.

Today it means a traditional Chinese tea, partially oxidized between green and black tea
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Stage 1 of 2
wu long
Chinese · medieval
"black dragon"
literally black dragon, the name for the partially oxidized tea
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Stage 2 of 2
oolong
English · 1800s
"a partially oxidized Chinese tea"
adopted directly as the tea entered Western trade
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