Tea Grades
Whole Leaf
- OP: Orange Pekoe -- basic type of whole leaf tea
- "Orange" has to do with the color of the tea, not any kind of orange flavor
- OP1: Orange pekoe with a more delicate flavor
- OPA: Orange pekoe with a bolder flavor
- OPS: (Indonesia) -- Orange Pekoe Superior
- FOP: Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Next step up from Orange Pekoe
- 2nd grade in Assam, Dooars, and Bangladesh
- 1st grade in China
- FOP1 is the highest subgrade of FOP
- GFOP: Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Top grade in Milima and Marinyn (Kenya)
- Uncommon in Assam and Darjeeling
- TGFOP: Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Main grade of Assam and Darjeeling
- FTGFOP: Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- Highest grade of tea
- Subcategories
Broken Leaf
- BP: Broken Pekoe
- Most common grade of broken leaf tea
- Common origins: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Assam, South India
- FP: Flowery Pekoe
- Not to be confused with FOP, which is a whole leaf grade
- Usually found in Sri Lanka & South India
- BOP: Broken Orange Pekoe
- Mid-grade broken leaf tea
- Usually comes from Assam, Sri Lanka, Southern India, Java or China
- FBOP: Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
- Highest subgrade of BOP
- Mainly from Sri Lanka
- GBOP: Golden Broken Orange Pekoe
- Second highest grade of broken-leaf tea
- Mainly from Sri Lanka
- TGFBOP: Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
- Highest grade of broken-leaf tea
