Orthodox Black Tea

A Fine Collection of Garden-Fresh Kenyan Orthodox Tea

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Consumers buying black Orthodox teas are looking for a delightful tea experience from their cup of tea.

They appreciate the skill and labour needed to produce these teas. Because of this, they’re prepared to pay more for loose tea leaves or pyramid tea-bags.

Graded by leaf size, texture, and appearance, the dedication and care for the quality of tea packed is complemented by production, quality assurance, and packaging facilities that are globally competitive.

Get our exclusive 2020 range of Kenyan whole leaves tea today, fresh from the gardens.

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Kenya Orthodox Tea

1. More flavourful in taste
    

2. Fairly blacker and acceptable style in appearance
    

3. Lesser number of grades to offer (limitation in product range)
    

4. Less availability

Sri Lankan Orthodox Tea

1. Visually more true to type (well made in appearance)
    

2. Extra show of tips in tippy grades
    

3. More number of grades to offer (more variety in product range
    

4. More availability

Quality by Design

Although the process of making fine black tea is simple in its essentials, expertise, experience and a ‘feel’ for the task are absolutely essential to success.

Explore our standards below, specially curated by some of the
best industry insiders.

Samples available upon request.

Kenya Orthodox Tea

Standard

Appearance

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How Black / Clean / Neat

Infusion

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Will reflect on quality of appearance (from brightness to dull appearance)

Liquor

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Visual cup colour and Taste

OPA

Long loosely twisted leaves, slightly larger leaf

Bright infusion

Light in colour, fairly bright

FOP

Long twisted, semi wiry leaf

Bright

Slightly darker to OPA, brisker and bright

OP1

More wiry long leaf

More bright

Less colour, adequate strength with more brighter with touch of flavour

PEKOE

Blacker, cleaner Shotty in appearance

More bright

Good colour, strength brisker and delicately bright

FBOPFSP1

Special Tippy Tea. Well twisted, long particles, big and longer tips

Very bright

Good colour and

more flavour

FBOPFSP

Twisted Golden coloured tips, twisted smaller particles with smaller tips

Brighter

More colour strength and useful brightness

FBOPF

Twisted smaller fairly blacker leaf

Coppery bright

Coloury, thicker with useful brightness