Tea leaf grading: Difference between revisions

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<!-- [[Image:Milk_clouds_in_tea.jpeg|thumb|right|A cup of Orange Pekoe tea with milk added]]-->

:''Orange Pekoe is also the name of a Japanese [[Orange Pekoe (band)|jazz band]].''

'''Orange pekoe''' is a term mainly used to describe a grade found in the grading system of the same name used for sorting [[Black tea]]s <ref name=StashOP>{{cite web |author= |accessdate=2006-12-12 |date=2006| title="Stash Orange Pekoe Tea" | url=http://www.stashtea.com/w-050420.htm | work=Stash Tea }}</ref> <ref name=Swan>{{cite web |author=Swann's Classic Teas |accessdate=2006-12-12 |date=| title="The Leaf is All: Leaf Grading" | url=http://www.swannteas.com/abouttea3.html | work=Swann's Classic Teas }}</ref>. The system is based solely upon the size of the processed and dried black tea [[leaf|leaves]].