green tea
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- noun
- /ɡriːn tiː/
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té verde
- And if you enjoy teas, make green tea part of your routine.
- a cup of green tea
- drink green tea
- sip green tea
So decaf coffee, but yeah, well, you've got green tea is, is also pretty good.
- So decaf coffee, but yeah, well, you've got green tea is, is also pretty good.
- I have my iced green tea here from Starbucks.
- One is matcha green tea and the other is coca leaf.
- And now it says blackhead clearing, green tea scrub clears blackheads and calms redness.
Examples
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I really, really need you to drink this green tea I made for you because you're getting all hoarse again.
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I am even enjoying a cup of piping hot green tea.
Fiction book (1996) -
I drink nothing but green tea now.
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Yeah, just get me a green tea.
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Do you have any green tea?
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I'll make you some green tea, man, come on.
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I'll have a green tea.
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There have been a few studies that suggest green tea may also be beneficial.
Blog text (16) -
All this makes sense if black tea was once more costly or more prestigious than green tea.
Academic text (1993) -
I drink nothing but green tea now.
Synonyms
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The dried leaves used to make a hot drink
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A mild Japanese green tea made from older tea leaves and usually cheaper than sencha
A type of Chinese green tea with thin twisted leaves and a light sweet taste
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Morphology
The meaning of 'green tea' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'green' (the color/leaf state) with 'tea' (the beverage); it denotes a type of tea made from unfermented or lightly processed leaves. This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Green tea comes from how tea makers heat the leaves quickly so they stay green instead of turning dark. This makes a light, fresh tea, so green tea today means tea made from leaves kept green and mild in flavor.