BlackTea Grades

Pekoe is a grade of black tea. Derived from Chinese word (pe-ko)
also meaning "fine feathers"
Classification of the black tea leaf :
Full Leaf black tea:
FOP - Flowery Orange Pekoe
FOP1 - Flowery Orange Pekoe - First Grade Tea

GFOP - Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe

TGFOP - Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
TGFOP1 -Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - First Grade Black Tea

FTGFOP - Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
FTGFOP1 - Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - First Grade
FTGFOPS - Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - Special Grade
FTGFOPS1 - Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - Special,
First Grade Tea.
Broken Leaf black tea:
BP - Broken Pekoe
BP1 - Broken Pekoe First Grade
BOP - Broken Orange Pekoe
BOP1 - Broken Orange Pekoe First Grade.
FBOP - Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
FBOP1 - Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe First Grade Tea
Fannings also known as dust.
OF - Orange Fannings
GOF - Golden Orange Fannings
TGOF - Tippy Golden Orange Fannings.
CTC - Crush,Tear and Curl is a modern way to process tea leaves.
Tabacco processing machines are used to cut the tea leaf.It is then
rolled into asymmetric 1/16" balls.

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Although consumption of green tea is on the rise black tea accounts for about 90% of all tea consumed Worldwide.

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