TEA
The production of tea requires great care and craftsmanship. The freshly plucked leaves are carefully and gently processed every step of the way. This is labour intensive, time consuming and, as a result, expensive, but this is the only way that all the delicacy of the aroma and the typical character of the tea plant can be passed on to the finished tea.
There are three different types of teas produced- Black Tea, Green Tea and Oolong Tea.
Black Tea with two varieties- The traditional Orthodox (leaf) tea and the modern process of CTC (granular) tea is the most popularly consumed in the world followed by Green Tea and oolong tea.
Tea produced results in four different sieved qualities – Leaf Tea, Broken Tea, Fannings and Dust.
In addition to these descriptions you will find mysterious abbreviations on the packet of a quality tea. These letters have nothing to do with the character or the flavour, but are simply more detailed explanations on the sieving result (leaf grade designation).