Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea, small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

It probably means Flowery Pekoe. But I don't believe these
gradings are very standardized.

Jon

"Lars I. Mehlum" skrev i melding
...
Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw
the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea,
small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small
broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

It probably means Flowery Pekoe. But I don't believe these
gradings are very standardized.

Jon

"Lars I. Mehlum" skrev i melding
...
Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw
the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea,
small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small
broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

"Jon P Nossen" wrote in message
news:wocOc.3609$vH5.2322@amstwist00...
It probably means Flowery Pekoe. But I don't believe these
gradings are very standardized.

Jon



That's what I thought too. But I've never seen a FP like this. Anyway, it's
an eastern quality season Uva from the Uva Highlands estate, and it's very
good!

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)


"Lars I. Mehlum" skrev i melding
...
Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw
the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea,
small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small
broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

"Jon P Nossen" wrote in message
news:wocOc.3609$vH5.2322@amstwist00...
It probably means Flowery Pekoe. But I don't believe these
gradings are very standardized.

Jon



That's what I thought too. But I've never seen a FP like this. Anyway, it's
an eastern quality season Uva from the Uva Highlands estate, and it's very
good!

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)


"Lars I. Mehlum" skrev i melding
...
Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw
the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea,
small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small
broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC. I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a
long extremely thin half white half black twist making a very sexy
leaf. Back in the early eighties I got some Ceylon called Lovers
Leap. I just came across it again. I don't know the xlands source.
It is the perfect tea for non tea drinkers. The perfect evening tea
for the rest of us. You simply can't wrong with any commercial brand
Ceylon especially produced for the middle east or Russia.

Jim

"Lars I. Mehlum" wrote in message ...
"Jon P Nossen" wrote in message
news:wocOc.3609$vH5.2322@amstwist00...
It probably means Flowery Pekoe. But I don't believe these
gradings are very standardized.

Jon



That's what I thought too. But I've never seen a FP like this. Anyway, it's
an eastern quality season Uva from the Uva Highlands estate, and it's very
good!

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)


"Lars I. Mehlum" skrev i melding
...
Does anyone know what grading of tea FPEK is? When I first saw
the tea in
question (a Ceylon Uva) I actually thought it was a CTC tea,
small curled up
'pellets', but when infused it seems to be made of small
broken bits of
leaf.

Lars
(Bergen, Norway)

In article (Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

In article (Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

I would have guessed that over the decades I would have seen a CTC
Ceylon first in a commercial brand. You see CTC all the time in
Indian teas but that process I haven't seen in other tea producing
countries which still use sieving. Hopefully our resident tea
industry expert can shed some light on this subject. Ceylon has the
same problem as India with Darjeeling. There is a Ceylon trademark
making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped and packaged in Ceylon.
So I went to my favorite Arabic market and they no longer carry my
tasty commercial Ceylon. New young owners bought the business of the
old owner and they understand me better. But I did get my first
Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced and Packaged in Iran so
I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous price of $4.50/500g. I
picked up some goat for a curry and injera bread for sopping up the
stew.

Jim

Hamilcar Barca wrote in message .. .
In article (Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

I would have guessed that over the decades I would have seen a CTC
Ceylon first in a commercial brand. You see CTC all the time in
Indian teas but that process I haven't seen in other tea producing
countries which still use sieving. Hopefully our resident tea
industry expert can shed some light on this subject. Ceylon has the
same problem as India with Darjeeling. There is a Ceylon trademark
making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped and packaged in Ceylon.
So I went to my favorite Arabic market and they no longer carry my
tasty commercial Ceylon. New young owners bought the business of the
old owner and they understand me better. But I did get my first
Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced and Packaged in Iran so
I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous price of $4.50/500g. I
picked up some goat for a curry and injera bread for sopping up the
stew.

Jim

Hamilcar Barca wrote in message .. .
In article (Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

There is a small amount of CTC production in Sri Lanka/Ceylon. I
believe I've read that about 6 per cent is CTC. But a huge
amount of the "orthodox" black tea is made into small particles,
i.e. BOP, BOPF and Dust, by the Rotorvane process.

Jon

"Space Cowboy" skrev i melding
om...
I would have guessed that over the decades I would have seen a
CTC
Ceylon first in a commercial brand. You see CTC all the time
in
Indian teas but that process I haven't seen in other tea
producing
countries which still use sieving. Hopefully our resident tea
industry expert can shed some light on this subject. Ceylon
has the
same problem as India with Darjeeling. There is a Ceylon
trademark
making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped and packaged in
Ceylon.
So I went to my favorite Arabic market and they no longer
carry my
tasty commercial Ceylon. New young owners bought the business
of the
old owner and they understand me better. But I did get my
first
Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced and Packaged in
Iran so
I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous price of
$4.50/500g. I
picked up some goat for a curry and injera bread for sopping
up the
stew.

Jim

Hamilcar Barca wrote in message
.. .
In article
(Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never
seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long
extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

There is a small amount of CTC production in Sri Lanka/Ceylon. I
believe I've read that about 6 per cent is CTC. But a huge
amount of the "orthodox" black tea is made into small particles,
i.e. BOP, BOPF and Dust, by the Rotorvane process.

Jon

"Space Cowboy" skrev i melding
om...
I would have guessed that over the decades I would have seen a
CTC
Ceylon first in a commercial brand. You see CTC all the time
in
Indian teas but that process I haven't seen in other tea
producing
countries which still use sieving. Hopefully our resident tea
industry expert can shed some light on this subject. Ceylon
has the
same problem as India with Darjeeling. There is a Ceylon
trademark
making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped and packaged in
Ceylon.
So I went to my favorite Arabic market and they no longer
carry my
tasty commercial Ceylon. New young owners bought the business
of the
old owner and they understand me better. But I did get my
first
Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced and Packaged in
Iran so
I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous price of
$4.50/500g. I
picked up some goat for a curry and injera bread for sopping
up the
stew.

Jim

Hamilcar Barca wrote in message
.. .
In article
(Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never
seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long
extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

Sri Lanka produce a lot of CTC teas. In domestic market CTC tea is the
most popular one because local people like strong, robust cup.

Jim already mention about some grades BOP, FBOP and OP. Actually BOP
is not a orthodox grade, this grading system is for CTC tea-
BOP(Broken Orange Pekoe) This BOP teas are granular teas.

Ripon
Vienna,VA


Hamilcar Barca wrote in message .. .
In article (Fri, 30 Jul
2004 08:30:50 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

The Ceylon grades are mostly BOP, FBOP, OP. I've never seen any that
looked like CTC.

Upton is advertising a Ceylon CTC.

I recently got a FBOPF where the leaf looks like a long extremely thin half
white half black twist making a very sexy leaf.

That's some hot tea!

In article (Sat, 31 Jul
2004 06:59:53 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

There is a Ceylon trademark making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped
and packaged in Ceylon.

Are you saying companies without the "seal of authenticity" are importing
tea to Sri Lanka just to package and export?

But I did get my first Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced
and Packaged in Iran so I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous
price of $4.50/500g.

But, is it good? I finally found one (1) local shop that carries Ceylon
tea. It's Alwazah (Swan) brand and it's acceptable at $4.29/500g; it's
not nearly as good as some other I've had at $5.99 but nobody here carries
it.

In article (Sat, 31 Jul
2004 06:59:53 -0700), Space Cowboy wrote:

There is a Ceylon trademark making it authentic. Otherwise just shipped
and packaged in Ceylon.

Are you saying companies without the "seal of authenticity" are importing
tea to Sri Lanka just to package and export?

But I did get my first Iranian tea called Nemooneh. It says Produced
and Packaged in Iran so I guess that means homegrown at the outrageous
price of $4.50/500g.

But, is it good? I finally found one (1) local shop that carries Ceylon
tea. It's Alwazah (Swan) brand and it's acceptable at $4.29/500g; it's
not nearly as good as some other I've had at $5.99 but nobody here carries
it.