Gradering enligt Forbes & Walker
A) FLOWERY GRADES | ||
1. Flowery OP | Long, twisted, wiry leaf with some tip (Irrespective of elevation) | |
2. Flowery BOP 1 | Long, twisted, wiry leaf, fairly tippy, some bold leaf | |
3. Flowery BOP | More mixed than Flowery BOP 1 and with less tip content | |
4. Flowery BOPF 1 | Fairly leafy and tippy | |
5. Flowery BOPF | Medium leafy and tippy | |
6. Flowery BOPF ‘Special’ | Bolder leaf with showy tip | |
7. Flowery BOPF ‘A’ | Mixed leaf with some tip but smaller than FBOPF | |
8. Flowery BOPF ‘Extra Special’ | This grade could be of any size but must have an attractive show of silver or golden tip with little or no black leaf | |
B) BROKEN GRADES | ||
9. B O P | Well made, neat leaf of medium size without excessive fibre or stalk | |
10. B O P F | Fairly clean, neat leaf, grainy but smaller than BOP grade | |
11. BOP Clonal | A BOP, predominantly made out of clonal leaf | |
12. B O P F Clonal | A BOPF, predominantly made out of clonal leaf | |
C) LEAF GRADES | ||
13. B O P 1 | Well twisted, leafier than a BOP but not as leafy as an OP | |
14. B O P 1A | More mixed than a BOP 1 and a leafy grade | |
15. O P 1 | Long, well twisted, wiry leaf | |
16. O P | Is not as well twisted as an OP1 | |
17. O P ‘A’ | Similar in size to OP but loosely twisted and inferior to OP in appearance | |
18. Flowery Pekoe | Shotty, even, well made grade with or without tip but true Pekoe leaf | |
19. Pekoe | More open leaf and less shotty than a Flowery Pekoe | |
D) OFF GRADES | ||
20. Broken Pekoe | A choppy, hard leaf | |
21. Broken Pekoe Fannings | A mixed, fibry Fannings leaf with a choppy appearance | |
22. Fannings | Flakier in style than a BOPF and could contain more uneven leaf and some fibre | |
23. Broken Mixed | Is flaky, mixed leaf, inferior to a Broken grade | |
24. Pekoe Fannings | Fairly even, flaky grade and cleaner than Fannings grade | |
E) DUST GRADES | ||
25. Dust 1 | Smaller than a BOPF, even, grainy, well made and reasonably clean | |
26. Dust | Similar in size to a Dust 1, a little inferior and not as clean and could also contain some flaky leaf | |
27. Dust 2 | Powdery and fibrous |
Uppdaterad 2007-04-20