Congou
Congou is a description of a black Chinese tea variety used by 19th-century tea importers in America and Europe. It was the base of the 19th-century English Breakfast tea blend.
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The etymology of the tea is the same as kung fu, from the Chinese for "skill", via the Hokkien pronunciation kang-hu. This is the same word as in the Gongfu tea ceremony, and congou is locally drunk in this style.The popular variety Panyang Congou is a corruption of Tanyang, the name of a small village in Fu'an, Fujian that popularized the style. Once the most expensive style of black tea in the West, with exports to over twenty countries and a gold medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915, a state-owned factory established in 1958 continues to produce small amounts.