CTC Tea Grades & Tea Grading

Tea grades and tea tasting can be a very confusing area of the tea industry. With each garden having its own nomenclature, buyers; particularly importers and exporters get extremely confused and the need for universality of tea grade names is absolutely necessary. In this context, we give below, our complete list of tea grades and tea grading information.

CTC Tea Grades

Brokens

• PEK – Pekoe
• BP – Broken Pekoe
• BOP – Broken Orange Pekoe
• BPS – Broken Pekoe Souchong
• BP1 – Broken Pekoe One
• FP – Flowery Pekoe

Fannings

• OF – Orange Fannings
• PF – Pekoe Fannings
• PF1 – Pekoe Fannings One
• BOPF – Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings

Dust

• PD – Pekoe Dust
• D – Dust
• CD – Churamani Dust
• PD 1 – Pekoe Dust One
• D 1 – Dust One 
• RD – Red Dust 
• FD – Fine Dust
• SFD – Super Fine Dust
• RD1 – Red Dust One
• GD – Golden Dust
• SRD – Super Red Dust

For a complete list of tea grades and tea grading, view our post:

http://www.alltea.com/blog/2012/02/tea-grades-grading