Where does “桂花茶” come from?

桂花茶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 茶, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

桂花茶 (Japanese): osmanthus flower tea: black tea with sweet...

Definitions

  1. osmanthus flower tea: black tea with sweet...

Ancestry of “桂花茶”, step by step

桂花茶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese茶tea; brown
2Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
3Middle Chinese葉—

via Japanese 桂花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桂花sweet osmanthus; the flowers of the sweet...
2Chinese桂花sweet osmanthus
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 茶 →
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