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tea essence

tea essence

5.4
A strong liquid made from tea leaves used to flavor drinks and food
  • noun
translation icon : esencia de té
  • To make a flavorful drink, you can add a few drops of tea essence to hot water.

Examples

  • The chef used tea essence to enhance the flavor of the dessert he was preparing.

  • You can find tea essence in many specialty stores that sell gourmet cooking ingredients.

  • Just as the tea is water mingled with the tea essence and is inseparable, so God adds Himself to our being to mingle Himself with us to the point that we are inseparable: people see man, yet they see God being expressed in man!

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How Concentrated

tea essence
5.4
infusion
6 4.2

Surface Forms

tea essence singular
tea essences plural

Morphology

tea + essence

The meaning is directly compositional: 'tea' (the plant leaves/drink) combined with 'essence' (a concentrated extract) yields a concentrated extract of tea. This follows a common noun+noun pattern (cf. 'vanilla essence') so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Tea essence comes from making a very strong liquid from tea leaves. This small, strong essence keeps the tea taste so people can quickly 'make tea' or add it to food for more 'flavor'.