Meaning of the symbol beside name of the Tea

Meaning of the symbol beside name of the Tea

When you buy a good tea usually you consider its price, an attractive name and flavor. To make sure that tea you bought has a great quality, take a look at the international classification of tea according to the size and form of the leaves. Tea bought in a specialist store has the abbreviation before the name, which tells us whether we are dealing with the tea leaves whole, crushed, or with tea dust.


Meaning of individual letters:

    T (Tip) - immature tea leaf buds.
    F (Flowery) - tea flower (bud and two leaves.)
    G (Golden) - tea with a golden-colored brew.
    O (Orange) - tea with long leaves.
    P (Pekoe) - tea from the leaves shorter and thicker.
    S (Souchong) - tea with the thickest leaves rolled lengthwise.
    B (Broken) - broken tea leaves.
    F (Fannings) - he and screening
    M (Mixed) - blend.

 
Designation of the whole tea leaves:

    OP (Orange Pekoe) - tea from the leaves of long, pointed, does not contain buds.
    FP (Flowery Pekoe) - tea with rolled leaves.
    FOP (Flowery Orange Pekoe) - the first tea harvested from young leaves, shoots and buds last.
    GFOP (Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe) - high-grade tea with golden buds of the golden brew.
    SFTGFOP (Special Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe) - top quality tea from the first shoots of the tea leaves.
    PS (Pekoe Souchong) - containing tea leaves shorter and harder than Pekoe.

 
Symbols of broken tea:

    BP (Broken Pekoe) - tea contains broken long and thick leaves.
    BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) - tea contains broken long and thick leaves.
    GBOP (Golden Broken Orange Pekoe) - tea contains broken long and thick leaves of the golden brew.
    FBOP (Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe) - tea contains broken long and thick leaves and stems of the youngest.
    GFBOP (Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe) - a blend of crushed leaves and shorter long and somewhat thicker the golden brew.
    TGBOP (Tippy Golden Broken Orange Pekoe) - broken tea leaves long and thick with young buds.
    TGFBOP (Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe) - high quality tea containing tea youngest shoots and broken long and thick leaves.
    BPS (Broken Pekoe Souchong) - has broken thick longitudinally folded leaves and large leaves with irregular sizes.

 
Tea dust marks:

    FP (Pekoe Fannings) - thick pieces of tea leaves.
    OF (Orange Fannings) - crumbs from long leaf teas.
    BPF (Broken Pekoe Fannings) - thick dust from crushed leaves of inferior quality.
    BOPF (Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings) - lower quality tea from broken fragments, long and thick leaves.
    GD (Golden Dust) - Dust high tea leaves.
    BMF (Broken Mixed Fannings) - a mixture of bits of broken leaf teas.