CTC
Mechanised method of tea production, shortcut for crushing, tearing, curling. Adds up the Broken teas.
Dust
The smallest grade of teabags.
First Flush
Denomination for the spring crop in . Stands out for its special smooth flavour.
F.O.P
Flowery Orange Pekoe. Flourishing sprouts are gathered.
Formosa
Old denomination for Taiwan, especially known for its Oolong teas.
F.P
Flowery Pekoe. Black tea curled to pellets.
Fume tea
Black tea from China roasted above lumbers.
Garden tea
Tea from a certain garden , unblended and traded under its origin.
G.B.O.P
Golden Broken Orange Pekoe. High-class Broken tea with golden tips.
G.F.O.P
Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe. High-class Leaf tea with golden tips.
Golden Tips
Young, whitly leaf tips with few tanic acid.
Gunpowder
Smooth green tea with curled leaf like gunpowder.
Jasmine
Green or light fermentated tea from China, flavoured with Jasmine blossoms.
Lapsang Souchong
Black, big leafed fume tea from.
Leaf tea
Consists of unhackled leaves with a good quality. The infusion is lighter and more aromatic than the Broken tea.
Orange
Traditional, grade denomination from the Dutch royal dynasty.
Oolong
Half fermentated tea from Taiwan (Formosa) and China.
O.P
Orange Pekoe correspond the second grade according to the English grading.
Second Flush
The second crop period in June/Juli, summer tea grade brand from Darjeeling.
Sencha
High-class green tea from Japan.
Tarry Lapsang Souchong
Black tea with a strongly fumed flavour from China and Taiwan.
