Well attestedNamed from the place
New Jersey tea
noun · first attested 18th century
The tea colonists drank when they refused to drink tea.
A low North American shrub, Ceanothus americanus, whose dried leaves were brewed as a tea substitute.
40.0000°N -74.5000°W · Q1408
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
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- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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New Jersey tea
The leaves were steeped as a patriotic replacement for boycotted East India Company tea during the American Revolution, which is where the name comes from. The brew is tea-colored but contains no caffeine, and the shrub is no relation to the tea plant.
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