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===Broken leaf grades=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="width: 600px;" |- ! Grade ! Description |- | BT | ; Broken Tea : Usually a black, open, fleshy leaf that is very bulky. This classification is used in Sumatra, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and some parts of Southern India. |- | BP | ; Broken Pekoe : The most common broken pekoe grade; from Indonesia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Assam and Southern India. |- | BPS | ; Broken Pekoe Souchong : Term for broken pekoe in the Assam and Darjeeling regions. |- | FP | ; Flowery Pekoe : High-quality pekoe. Usually coarser with a fleshier, broken leaf. Produced in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Southern India, as well as in some parts of Kenya. |- | BOP | ; Broken Orange Pekoe : Main broken grade. Prevalent in Assam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Southern India, Java, and China. |- | FBOP | ; Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe : Coarser and broken with some tips. From Assam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, China, and Bangladesh. In South America, coarser, black broken.{{clarify|date=June 2018}} |- | FBOPF | ; Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings : The finest broken orange pekoe, with a higher proportion of tips; mainly from Ceylon's "low districts". |- | GBOP | ; Golden Broken Orange Pekoe : Second grade tea with uneven leaves and few tips. |- | GFBOP1 | ; Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe 1 : As above, but with only the highest quality leaves in the GFBOP classification. |- style="white-space: nowrap;" | TGFBOP1 | ; Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe 1 : High-quality leaves with a high proportion of tips; finest broken First Grade Leaves in Darjeeling and some parts of Assam. |}
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