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 Darjeeling
Tea Grading
Tea in Darjeeling is mostly produced with an
orthodox method that keeps the leaves hole during the production.
When the tea is sold it is classified by size and quality. This
is made by Darjeeling Tea Growers Association.
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Orthodox Tea, Whole Leaf |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
Description |
| FOP |
Flowery Orange Pekoe |
FOP indicates that the
tea contains the second and the third leaves of the
pluck, the orange pekoe and the pekoe leaves. |
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| GFOP |
Golden Orange Pekoe |
Early in the growing
season the young tips have a golden color. Teas produced
at this time are referred to as Golden. |
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| TGFOP |
Tippy Golden Flowery
Orange Pekoe |
When the proportion
of golden tips is relatively high, this is indicated
with "Tippy". |
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| FTGFOP |
Fine Tippy Golden Orange
Pekoe |
FTG indicates that the
tea contains many tips. |
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| SFTGFOP |
Super Fine Tippy Golden
Orange Pekoe |
The lighter colored
liquors are given the "S" designation by the Darjeeling
Tea Growers Association. |
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| SFTGFOP-1 |
Super Fine Tippy Golden
Orange Pekoe |
The "1" indicates the
top grade of leaf and manufacture. |
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| Orthodox Tea, Broken Leaf
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| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| BOP1 |
Broken Orange Pekoe One |
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| GFBOP |
Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe |
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| BPS |
Broken Pekoe Souchong |
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| GBOP |
Golden Broken Orange Pekoe |
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| FBOP |
Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe |
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| BOP |
Broken Orange Pekoe |
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| Orthodox Tea, Fannings |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| TGOF |
Tippy Golden Orange Fannings |
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| GOF |
Golden Orange Fannings |
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| OF |
Orange Fannings |
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| Green Tea, Whole Leaf |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| YH |
Young Hyson |
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| FYH |
Fine Young Hyson |
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| Green Tea, Broken Leaf |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| GP |
Gun Powder |
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| H |
Hyson |
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| FH |
Fine Hyson |
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| Green Tea, Fannings |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| SOUMEE |
Soumee |
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| Green tea, Dust |
| Acronym |
Meaning |
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| DUST |
Dust |
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| Information
Courtesy Max Tillberg |
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