What is BOPF?

In the tea industry,tea leaf grading is the process of evaluating products based on the quality and condition of the tea leaves themselves.The highest grades are reffered to as "Orange pekoe",and the lowest as "fannings" or "dust".

Because of different kind of processing result in black teas of varying sizes,the last step is called as grading.The grading is essential,because tea leaves must be combined with other lots of tea of uniform size to produce a consistent and quality blend.Mainly there are 4 grades in black tea and they are as follows;

• Whole leaf grades
• Broken leaf grades
• Fannings grades
• Dust grades

The BOPF(Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings) is coming under the fannings grades.Fannings means small particles of tea leaves used almost exclusively in tea bags.This is main grade in ceylon,Indonesia,Southern  India,Kenya,Mozambique,Bangladesh,and China.Black-leaf tea with few added ingredients,uniform particle size and no tips.

BOPF is a particle smaller than BOP,popular in the higher elevations.Tastes stronger than BOP while retaining all other characteristics.

• Type:High grown
• Elevation:4001 feet
• Taste:Strong
• Leaf:Black
• Description:Small leaf