Grades of Darjeeling Tea

All Darjeeling teas are produced using only orthodox technology and it’s become medium size leaf teas.

Below are list of produced in Darjeeling standards and it’s short description:

Marking of Grade	Description	Meaning
FOP	Flowery Orange Pekoe	Tea contain 1-st, 2-nd and 3-rd leaf
GFOP	Golden Orange Pekoe	Additionally to FOP tea contain golden color tips*
TGFOP	Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe	Additionally to GFOP concentration of tips* is high
FTGFOP	Fine Tippy Golden Orange Pekoe	Tea contains 1-st, 2-nd leaf and maximum concentration of tips*
SFTGFOP	Super Fine Tippy Golden Orange Pekoe	Tea contains only 1-st leaf and tips* and that tea have a special light color liquor
SFTGFOP-1	Super Fine Tippy Golden Orange Pekoe	“1” is a premium grade of Darjeeling tea
BOPF	Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings	Smallest size tea, which comes after shifting of all mentioned grades, is using in teabags

* “Tips” – is a description of the buds of tea bushes. High concentration of the tips is one of characteristic of high quality teas.

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