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===Whole-leaf grades=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="width: 600px;" |- ! Grade ! Description |- | OP | ; Orange Pekoe : Main grade, consisting of long wiry leaves without tips. |- | OP1 | : More delicate than OP; long, wiry leaf with a light liquor. |- | OPA | : Bolder than OP; long leaf tea which ranges from tightly wound to almost open. |- | OPS | ; Orange Pekoe Superior : Primarily from Indonesia; similar to OP. |- | FOP | ; Flowery Orange Pekoe : High-quality tea with a long leaf and few tips, considered the second grade in Assam, Dooars, and Bangladesh teas. Due to differences in tea picking methods and grading there is no equivalence to most appellation-specific grades in China. |- | FOP1 | : Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FOP classification. |- | GFOP | ; Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe : Higher proportion of tip than FOP. Top grade in the Milima and Marinyn regions, but uncommon in Assam and Darjeeling. |- | TGFOP | ; Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe : The highest proportion of tip, and the main grade in Nepal, Darjeeling and Assam. |- | TGFOP1 | :Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the TGFOP classification. |- | FTGFOP{{efn|Also used facetiously among tea aficionados to mean "Far Too Good for Ordinary People".}} | ; Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe : Highest quality grade. |- | FTGFOP1<br />STGFOP<br />SFTGFOP | ; Special Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe :Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FTGFOP classification. |}
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