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Akbar Premium Quality Leaf Tea 450 grams - Garnet 100% Pure Ceylon. Black - a blend of Ceylon B.O.P. teas

Tea Grade: B.O.P
The Red Garnet Broken Orange Pekoe (BOP) is a medium sized, perfectly structured tea leaf with an ideal balance of taste to strength. The tea finds its origins in the western slopes of the mountainous, tea planting districts in the central Sri Lankan highlands. With a mature but soothing character the tea is very popular amongst tea drinkers the world over.
With only carefully selected tea leaves from the western slopes and foothills of central Sri Lanka this exquisite blend of black tea is characterized by its distinctive aroma, strong taste, thick golden texture and deep red color
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li>Tea is stored in an airtight canister which keeps it as fresh as the day it was plucked
Re-usable collectors edition canisters can be used to store spices, cereal or other food
Clamp on the canister ensures its spill proof
Dimension of Canister 4"W X 7"H
So when dealing with teas, there are certain abbreviations when describing the size of the tea leaf. The terms mainly go off of OP, or Orange Pekoe. You probably have seen the term Orange Pekoe on boxes of tea at supermarkets, but have you ever wondered what in the world it means? No? Well do you want to know? You do? Great!!!
Orange Pekoe is a classification of black tea based upon the origin of the leaf. To be classified as pekoe, the tea must be composed purely of the new flushes - a flush being the flower bud plucked with two youngest leaves.
The term Orange Pekoe (pronounced
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