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Basic leaf grades of black tea, as used in South Asia. In the tea industry, tea leaf grading is the process of evaluating products based on the quality and condition of the tea leaves themselves. The highest grades for Western and South Asian teas are referred to as "orange pekoe" (abbreviated as "OP"), and the lowest as "fannings" or "dust ...
In the western black tea industry, tea leaf grading is the process of evaluating products based on the quality and condition of the tea leaves themselves. The highest grades are referred to as "orange pekoe", and the lowest as "fannings" or "dust". This grading system is based upon the size of processed and dried black tea leaves.
White tea is often sold as Silvery Tip Pekoe in the style of the tea leaf grading system, as well as under the simple designations China White and Fujian White. [4] Some tea from the related wild Camellia taliensis in Yunnan is made using white tea processing techniques.
The best orange pekoe tea in the country (and I can fathom an argument for Best in the World) is made by Tetley. Other brands pale considerably in comparison. Look for Tetley next time.--Kerrigwen85 01:16, 1 December 2006 (UTC) In the UK and Europe I have never found tea sold or described as orange pekoe other than in the strict sense.
Red Rose brand tea has been available in the United States since the 1920s, but their Original Blend is a different blend of black pekoe and cut black teas, compared to the orange pekoe sold in Canada. [citation needed] A tea cup containing Red Rose orange pekoe tea. In addition to their Original Blend, they sell the following products. [7]
The tea leaves meant for white teas are not kneaded nor undergo fixation, which preserves much of the white hair on the leaves and gives the tea a relatively mild flavour. White tea is produced in lesser quantities than most other styles, and can be correspondingly more expensive than tea from the same plant processed by other methods.
Swee-Touch-Nee Tea is a brand of orange pekoe black tea founded in approximately 1880 by the now-dissolved Consolidated Tea Company Inc, one of the oldest Jewish companies in America. [ 1 ] Swee-Touch-Nee Tea derives its name from the loose Russian transliteration of "tsvetochnyy chay", which translates to "flowery tea."
Crush, tear, curl (sometimes cut, tear, curl) is a method of processing tea leaves into black tea in which the leaves are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with hundreds of sharp teeth that crush, tear, and curl the tea into small, hard pellets. This replaces the final stage of orthodox tea manufacture, in which the leaves are ...