Tea : We at Black Tea Exports ensure that all our teas are handpicked and carefully selected from some of the finest tea plantations and the Colombo Tea Auctions those well standard finest teas are auctioned. Thereafter a stringent quality controlling process right through the blending, tasting and packing process carried out by a team of experienced professionals ensure a high quality end product that’s on par with international standards.
Grades of Ceylon Tea
BOP
Well-made, neat leaf of medium size without excessive stalk or fiber.
BOP Special
Larger in size than a BOP, black and clean in appearance.
BOPF
Neat leaf, fairly clean, but smaller than the BOP grade.
BOP 1
Wiry and twisted, but shorter than an OP1.
FBOP
Smaller/shorter than BOP1 with presence of tips, but larger than FBOPF1.
FBOP 1
Long, twisted, wiry leaf. Fairly tippy. Longer than BOP1.
PEKOE
Shotty, curly or semi-curly leaf of large size of any elevation.
PEKOW1
Same as Pekoe, but smaller in size than Pekoe of any elevation.
FBOPF (FF)
Similar in size to BOP and must contain tips.
FBOPF 1 (FF1)
Larger than BOP. Smaller than a FBOP with a show of tips.
FBOPF
Similar in size to BOP with a fair presence of tips.
FBOPF Extra Special
Small leaf with an attractive show of golden or silver tips with little black leaf.
FBOPF Extra Special 1
Leafy with an attractive show of golden or silver tips with little black leaf.
OP 1
Long, wiry well or partly twisted.
OP
Less wiry than OP1, but much more twisted than OPA.
OPA
Long bold leaf tea with air twist.
SILVER TIPS
Long tippy leaf, silver in colour, with hardly any black leaf.
GOLDEN TIPS
Long tippy leaf, golden in colour, with hardly any black leaf.
BP1
Equivalent to size of a high grown BOP, but granular.
BP Special
Larger particle size than BP1.
PD
Grainy Dust grade. Should be smaller than OF.
PF 1
Equivalent in size to grainy high grown BOPF, but granular.
OF
Smaller than the PF 1. Larger than PD.