Description and definitions of tea leaf sizes

Differentiation According to Leaf Sizes.

Generally it is differentiated between leaf teas and broken teas. The small-leafed broken teas, which are cut during the repeated rolling, are naturally very high yielding. The names of the grades are often very imaginative and vary even from plantation to plantation. They are always an expression referring to the leaf size and optic and only to a lesser extent do they address the taste (e.g. flowery), never, though, can they inform about the general quality of the tea. T

he quality judgement of the teas offered is always made during the tasting.

Below the most important grades for:

FOP (Flowery Orange Pekoe)	OP (Orange Pekoe)	FP (Flowery Pekoe)
Thin wiry leaf with tips (gold or silver colored leaf tips	Long wiry leaf - Larger then FOP	Short and rougher than Orange Pekoe
BROKEN TEA LEAVES
FBOP (Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe)	GFBOP (Golden Flowery Broken Pekoe)	GBOP (Golden Broken Orange Pekoe)
Rougher, aromatic quality Well worked, well rolled leaf Many Tips	Leaf grades lies between FBOP and GFBOP	Fine, strong tea - particulalry Assams tea
BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe)	BP (Broken Pekoe)	Fannings a Dust
Well worked leaf, less tips than FBOP, stronger but not more flowery than FBOP	Most common CTC quality. Fine leaf, strong	Very small particles of the leaf without stem or ribs, use primarily for tea bags, yielding, strong, quick color diffusions