Teaberry's Fine Teas
#1 Tutt Street Square, 3045 Tutt Street
Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2H4
250-868-8327 | phone
Hours of Operation
Monday: | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Tuesday: | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Wednesday: | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Thursday: | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Friday: | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Saturday: | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Sunday: | Closed |
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Whole-leaf grades
Grade |
Description |
OP |
- Orange Pekoe
- Main grade, consisting of long wiry leaf without tips.
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OP1 |
- More delicate than OP; long, wiry leaf with a light liquor.
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OPA |
- Bolder than OP; long leaf tea which ranges from tightly wound to almost open.
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OPS |
- Orange Pekoe Superior
- Primarily from Indonesia; similar to OP.
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FOP |
- Flowery Orange Pekoe
- High-quality tea with a long leaf and few tips, considered the second grade in Assam, Dooars, and Bangladesh teas, but the first grade in China.
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FOP1 |
- Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FOP classification.
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GFOP |
- Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Higher proportion of tip than FOP. Top grade in the Milima and Marinyn regions, but uncommon in Assam and Darjeeling.
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TGFOP |
- Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- The highest proportion of tip, and the main grade in Darjeeling and Assam.
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TGFOP1 |
- Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the TGFOP classification.
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FTGFOP |
- Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Highest quality grade.
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FTGFOP1
STGFOP
SFTGFOP |
- Special Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FTGFOP classification.
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Broken leaf grades
Grade |
Description |
BT |
- Broken Tea
- Usually a black, open, fleshy leaf that is very bulky. This classification is used in Sumatra, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and some parts of Southern India.
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BP |
- Broken Pekoe
- The most common broken pekoe grade; from Indonesia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Assam and Southern India.
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BPS |
- Broken Pekoe Souchong
- Term for broken pekoe in the Assam and Darjeeling regions.
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FP |
- Flowery Pekoe
- High-quality pekoe. Usually coarser with a fleshier, broken leaf. Produced in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Southern India, as well as in some parts of Kenya.
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BOP |
- Broken Orange Pekoe
- Main broken grade. Prevalent in Assam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Southern India, Java, and China.
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FBOP |
- Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
- Coarser and broken with some tips. From Assam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, China, and Bangladesh. In South America, coarser, black broken.
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FBOPF |
- Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings
- The finest broken orange pekoe, with a higher proportion of tips; mainly from Ceylon's "low districts".
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GBOP |
- Golden Broken Orange Pekoe
- Second grade tea with uneven leaves and few tips.
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GFBOP1 |
- Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe 1
- As above, but with only the highest quality leaves in the GFBOP classification.
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TGFBOP1 |
- Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe 1
- High-quality leaves with a high proportion of tips; finest broken First Grade Leaves in Darjeeling and some parts of Assam.
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Fannings grades
Grade |
Description |
PF |
- Pekoe Fannings
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OF |
- Orange Fannings
- From northern India and some parts of Africa and South America.
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FOF |
- Flowery Orange Fannings
- Common in Assam, Dooars, and Bangladesh. Some leaf sizes come close to the smaller broken grades.
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GFOF |
- Golden Flowery Orange Fannings
- Finest grade in Darjeeling for tea bag production.
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TGFOF |
- Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Fannings
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BOPF |
- Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings
- Main grade in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Southern India, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh, and China. Black-leaf tea with few added ingredients, uniform particle size, and no tips.
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Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading
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