This consists of the young leaf buds just as they begin to unfold, and forms a fine and delicate kind of young hyson, which is held in high estimation by the natives, and is generally sent about in small quantities as presents to their friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Wilmington ten or twelve chests of the finest hyson, which were distributed among the hospitals; and a lot of silver ingots made a narrow escape from confiscation. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
“Really, madam, you must be aware that every volume of a narrative turns less and less interesting as the author draws to a conclusion, — just like your tea, which, though excellent hyson, is necessarily weaker and more insipid in the last cup.”. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy] Reference
Still, I'll engage I am tory enough yet to like the smell of hyson. From Wordnik.com. [Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency.] Reference
And Major, please add to it an ounce of the hyson and a thimblefull of white sugar. From Wordnik.com. [My manse during the war : a decade of letters to the Rev. J. Thomas Murray, editor of the Methodist Protestant,] Reference
His eloquence failed in gaining a single convert; we could not believe it was only second to young hyson. From Wordnik.com. [The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America] Reference
Mac-Candlish bustled about, reinforced her teapot with hyson, and proceeded in her duties with her best grace. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XI] Reference
Mrs. Mac-Candlish bustled about, reinforced her teapot with hyson, and proceeded in her duties with her best grace. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
Mrs. Mac – Candlish bustled about, reinforced her teapot with hyson, and proceeded in her duties with her best grace. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering] Reference
The best black teas in general use are pekoe and pouchong; the best green teas are imperial, young hyson, and gunpowder. From Wordnik.com. [Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches] Reference
Mr. Wendover moved to make a discriminating duty on these teas, by making the duty on hyson skin twenty-eight cents per pound; which. was negatived. From Wordnik.com. [The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States : with an appendix containing important state papers and public documents, and all the laws of a public nature; with a copious index; compiled from authentic materials] Reference
It is true, that Mrs. Woolston and Mrs. Yardley were occasionally to be seen seated at the same tea-table, taking their hyson in company, for the recent trade with. From Wordnik.com. [The Crater] Reference
Dr.J. P. Thomas informs me that his children drink the pink-root tea habitually as a beverage, and prefer it to the hyson; and in this way it proves prophylactic against worms. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
The charge was brought on no better foundation than some old-woman gossip held over the hyson when it was red, and moved itself aright -- all vouchsafed to Mrs. Stowe by the widow of Byron in Eighteen Hundred. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors] Reference
In articles which are imported into both Liverpool and London, there is a constant interchange, according to the state of the market; thus a penny per pound difference may bring a hundred chests of congou up, or send as many of hyson down the line. From Wordnik.com. [Rides on Railways] Reference
The Dominie replies, "Really, madam, you must be aware that every volume of a narrative turns less and less interesting as the author draws to a conclusion, -- just like your tea, which, though excellent hyson, is necessarily weaker and more insipid in the last cup.". From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy — Volume 01] Reference
Old ladies of family over their hyson, and grey-haired lairds over their punch, I had often heard utter a little harmless treason; while the former remembered having led down a dance with the Chevalier, and the latter recounted the feats they had performed at Preston. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
Bohea 1s. 6d. per lb. Congou, twankay, hyson skin, orange pekoe, and campoi 2 2 ". From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
"hissing hot," and the cups which "cheer, but not inebriate," steamed redolent of hyson and pekoe; muffins and marmalade, newspapers, and. From Wordnik.com. [Humorous Ghost Stories] Reference
The charge was brought on no better foundation than some old-woman gossip held over the hyson when it was red, and moved itself aright ” all vouchsafed to Mrs. Stowe by the widow of Byron in Eighteen Hundred Fifty-six. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great]
“Really, madam,” said I, “you must be aware that every volume of a narrative turns less and less interesting as the author draws to a conclusion, — just like your tea, which, though excellent hyson, is necessarily weaker and more insipid in the last cup. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Reply ohelby hyson says. From Wordnik.com. [Cannibul Cake - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
I want you to put up a pound of this white crushed sugar; and a quarter of young hyson tea. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Lights and Shadows of Real Life] Reference
Take care when your hyson you sip. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827] Reference
The paler hyson and the dark souchong. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Tea Book] Reference
The third who comes the hyson to inhale. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Tea Book] Reference
23. hyson. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Souchong, flowery pekoe, hyson, young hyson, gunpowder, imperial, and other teas not enumerated 3 0 ". From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
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