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countable and uncountable, plural twankays
(archaic) A variety of green tea. quotations
Hyson, including superior Twankay, at 3s.
1827 December, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, volume 24, page 798
The varieties of green tea are, twankay, and several kinds of hyson: the former is a coarse article.
1837, “On Dietetic Chemistry”, in Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, volume 3, page 252
There is now scarcely any bohea or twankay imported (at least under those names) to what there was formerly.
1856, Leone Levi, Annals of British Legislation, volume 1, page 18