Tea Grades can be confusing. Each region of a tea growing nation adds their own vernacular to the list of existing tea grades. We've started what we think is the most comprehensive (at time of writing) list of tea grades and grading going.

Black Tea Whole Leaf Tea Grades

• FP Flowery Pekoe
• FTGF OP Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
• TGF OP Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
• TGF OP 1 Tippy Golen Flowery Orange Pekoe One
• GF OP Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
• F OP Flowery Orange Pekoe
• OP Orange Pekoe

Broken Tea Grades

• BOP 1 Broken Orange Pekoe One
• GFBOP Golden Flowery Borken Orange Pekoe
• BPS Broken Pekoe Souchong
• GBOP Golden Broken Orange Pekoe
• FBOP Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe

Fannings Tea Grades

• BOP Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings
• GOF Golden Orange Fannings
• FOF Flowery Orange Fannings
• BOPF Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings Dust

Dust Tea Grades

• OPD Orthodox Pekoe Dust
• OCD Orthodox Churamani Dust
• BOPD Broken Orange Pekoe Dust
• BOPFD Broken Orange Pekoe Fine Dust
• FD Fine Dust
• D-A Dust A
• Spl. D Special Dust
• GD Golden Dust
• OD Orthodox Dust.

Black Tea Grades (CTC TEA)

Broken Tea Grades

• BP Broken Pekoe
• BOP Broken Orange Pekoe
• BPS Broken Pekoe Souchong
• BP 1 Broken Pekoe One
• FP Flowery Pekoe

Fannings

• PF Pekoe Fannings
• PF 1 Pekoe Fannings One
• BOPF Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings

Dust Tea Grades

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

Green Tea Grades

Whole Leaf Green Tea Grades

• YH Young Hyson
• FYH Fine Young Hyson

Broken

• GP Gun Powder
• H Hyson
• FH Fine Hyson

Fannings

• SOUMEE Soumee

Dust

• Dust Dust