maa5 lau4 mit1馬騮搣马骝搣
Jyutpingmaa5 lau4 mit1
Yalemáh làuh mīt
Definition
Ma Lau Mit; a premium variety of oolong tea.
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How it's used
Legend says the name comes from monkeys being trained to pick tea leaves from high, inaccessible cliffs where the best bushes grow. It is a premium variety of oolong tea, often associated with high quality and a distinct, lingering floral aroma. You will mostly encounter this term in traditional tea houses or when buying loose-leaf tea at specialty shops.
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Do you still have any Monkey Pick tea at home?
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Common phrases
to brew Monkey Pick tea
premium Monkey Pick tea
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
