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Orange Pekoe: A Super Grading of Black Tea

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About Orange Pekoe Tea : Orange peyoke OP), also spelled “pecco“, is a term used in the Western tea trade to describe a particular genre of black teas (Orange pekoe grading). Despite a purported Chinese origin, these grading terms are typically used for teas from Sri Lanka, India and countries other than China; they are not generally known within Chinese-speaking countries. The grading system […]