Leo Tea

BOP1

Should be wiry and twisted, but shorter than an OP1

BOP1A

(Off grades) Any flaky leaf without stalk and fibre (clean tea)

BOPF

Neat leaf, fairly clean. (grainy but smaller than the BOP grade. There should not be any fine dust present

BP

(Off grades) should be choppy, hard leaf.

BT

(Off grades) All mixed teas of varying sizes, with or without stalk and fibre.

DUST

(Off grades) Inferior to dust 1. Could be powdery and fibre.

DUST1

Less grainy than PD clean.

FBOP1

Long, twisted, wiry leaf. Fairly tippy. Longer than BOP1.

FBOPF

Similar in size to BOP, BOPF and must contain tips.

FBOPF EX SP

Small leaf and must have an attractive show of golden or silver tips with little black leaf.

FBOP EX SP1

Leafy and must have an attractive show of golden or silver tips with little black leaf.

FBOPF1

Larger than BOP, smaller than FBOP with a show of tips.

FNGS

(Off grades) – same as Fannings 1. Can be more fibry and uneven not as clean as Fannings 1.

FNGS1

(Off grades) Flaky leaf of small size. Can contain more fibre than BOPF but reasonably clean.

OP

Less wiry than OP1, but much more twisted than OPA.

OP1

Long wiry, well or partly twisted.

OPA

Long bold leaf tea with fair twist.

PEKOE

Shotty, curly or semi curly leaf of large size of any elevation.