Sorry, Scott,

I do not agree with you at all.

You may not believe each and every label on a tea box, but that does not
change the meaning of the words.
You are right - ITS NOT A TYPE OF TEA, because it never was and it never
claimed to be such.
It always was and still is an attempt to describe the TYPE OF LEAF from the
point of view of it being mostly whole, broken or fannings plus the presence
and quantity of tips, etc.
OP has to be at least a large part leaf and at least some - whole leaf teas.
Majority of " box of Assam or Ceylon black, Yunnan black, or Kenya black," -
will be fannings or broken leaf. If you put an OP label on such a box it
will be a... hm... misrepresentation.

Sasha.

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