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Author: Scott DorseyScott Dorsey Date: Jan 9, 2007 10:41
In article , - sw.com> wrote:
It's whatever you want it to be.
>When I went to a specialty tea shop and asked for it, they said it's not
>really a type of tea and that they don't carry it.
It's not really a type of tea. But you can get a box of Assam or Ceylon
black, Yunnan black, or Kenya black, and write ORANGE PEKOE on the box
and you'd be right on the money.
Orange Pekoe is a sort of grade of tea... it's one of the lowest sorts of
grade of tea. It's like saying "table wine." It doesn't tell you what it
is or where it comes from, but it establishes some minimum standard.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Author: -- Date: Jan 7, 2007 21:50
What exactly is orange pekoe? It is what is used by Tim Hortons (
http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/tea.html ). The taste is great.
When I went to a specialty tea shop and asked for it, they said it's not
really a type of tea and that they don't carry it.
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Author: Alex ChaihorskyAlex Chaihorsky Date: Jan 7, 2007 22:51
1. Why not just Google it?
2. If a "specialty tea shop" has no idea what an "orange pekoe" is, not only
its not a "specialty" tea shop, but not a tea shop at all. Its like a car
shop that has no idea what a "sedan" is.
One cannot spend more than 10 minutes on reading about black tea without
learning about orange pekoe, fannings, tippery, flowery and other basic
black tea terminology.
Sasha.
"-" sw.com> wrote in message news:lYkoh.577247$1T2.79580@pd7urf2no...> What exactly is orange pekoe? It is what is used by Tim Hortons (
> http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/tea.html ). The taste is great.
>
> When I went to a specialty tea shop and asked for it, they said it's not
> really a type of tea and that they don't carry it.
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Author: BlueseaBluesea Date: Jan 7, 2007 22:59
"-" sw.com> wrote in message news:lYkoh.577247$1T2.79580@pd7urf2no...> What exactly is orange pekoe? It is what is used by Tim Hortons (
> http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/tea.html ). The taste is great.
>
> When I went to a specialty tea shop and asked for it, they said it's not
> really a type of tea and that they don't carry it.
Right. OP is actually a designation of leaf size, not a type of tea as some
companies would have you believe. From the link, Tim Hortons created its own
blend, so you'd have to ask for Tim Hortons, not OP.
--
~~Bluesea~~
Spam is great in musubi but not in email.
Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply.
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Author: Zarky ZorkZarky Zork Date: Jan 8, 2007 00:58
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Author: Alex ChaihorskyAlex Chaihorsky Date: Jan 8, 2007 02:12
Well, Wiki's article is a bit confusing, IMHO.
Try this forum's FAQ, its a much better source.
Sasha.
"Zarky Zork" bonkaloo.net> wrote in message
news:YInoh.60805$wP1.35697@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...> Well they're sort of right.. it's not a "type of tea" it's a "grade" of
> tea.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_pekoe
>
> I'm just glad you didn't ask for some Super Fine Tippy Golden Flowery
> Orange
> Pekoe.
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Author: Lewis PerinLewis Perin Date: Jan 9, 2007 08:06
> how do you access the forum faq?
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Author: Michael PlantMichael Plant Date: Jan 10, 2007 03:36
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[Sasha]
> It [OP (orange pekoe)] 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.
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