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Old 07-18-2011, 06:24 AM   #13783
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I came across a funny thing yesterday.

Tea (I think black teas only) comes in different grades/quality.
It has a few common abbreviations such as FOP1 or GFOP1 etc.
One of the abbreviations is FTGFOP that translates into standard English as
"Far Too Good For Ordinary People"



Spoiler:
What does OP and BOP and all that mean?
These are grades of tea typically associated with tea from India and Sri Lanka
The grades for whole leaf orthodox black tea (in ascending order) are:

OP - Orange Pekoe - Main grade in tea production. Can consist of long wiry leaf without tips.
OP sup - Orange Pekoe Superior - Primarily from Indonesia, tea is much the same as above.
FOP - Flowery Orange Pekoe - High quality tea with a long leaf and few tips, considered second grade in Assam, Dooars and Bangladesh and first grade in China.
FOP1 - Flowery Orange Pekoe First Grade Leaves - As above but with only the highest quality leaves in the F.O.P classification
GFOP1 - Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe First Grade Leaves- Higher proportion of tip than FOP Top grade.
TGFOP - Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - Tea with the highest proportion of tip; Main grade in Darjeeling and Assam.
TGOP1 - Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - As above, but with only the highest quality leave in the T.G.F.O.P classification.
FTGFOP - Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe - Highest quality tea in the world. Often hand processed and produced at only the best plantations. Roughly one quarter tips.

A joke among tea aficionados is that "FTGFOP" stands for "Far Too Good For Ordinary People".
Chah’s teas are typically FTGFOP.

If you see a ‘B’ as a grade of tea it means the leaves are broken. ‘F’ means the leaves are fannings. ‘D’ refers to Dust.
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