Orange Pekoe Tea

I have seen many articles written about Orange Pekoe Tea that suggest that this is a type of tea. In fact, Orange Pekoe refers to a particular grade of black tea. The term is thought to originate from China, though theses gradings are more typically used for teas from Sri Lanka and the south of India. The term Orange Pekoe is often used to describe the largest leaf grade.

Some grades of Orange Pekoe Tea include the following:

• FOP - Flowery Orange Pekoe: The term used throughout the rest of India to describe the largest tea leaves.
• GFOP - Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe: FOP with golden tips which are the delicate yellow tips of the buds' leaves.
• TGFOP - Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe: FOP with a larger proportion of golden tips than GFOP.
• FTGFOP - Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe: Very high quality GFOP
• SFTGFOP - Supreme Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe: Very high quality FOP with lots of golden tips. For Darjeeling teas, the "S" indicates Supreme light colored liquor.
• SFTGFOP-1 - This mark is given to the very finest grade.
• OP - Orange Pekoe - Leaf size is quite large and of quality can give the appearance of and FOP but tend to be plucked later in the year.
• BOP - Broken Orange Pekoe: Broken size tea leaves.
• BOP1 - Broken Orange Pekoe One
• BOPF - Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings: Tea fibers that are smaller than BOP leaves and are commonly found in tea bags.
• GFBOP - Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
• BPS - Broken Pekoe Souchong
• GBOP - Golden Broken Orange Pekoe
• FBOP - Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe

If you want to buy Orange Pekoe Tea online, there are many websites where you can get this tea.