Broken Orange Pekoe Fannings (BOPF) TEA DUST

The Medium-grown Teas are those that fall in between these two elevations.

The tea at an elevation below 600 meters is thick, coloury and distinguished as Low-grown.

Tea grown at elevations over 1,200 meters above sea level is classified as High-grown and superior in aroma.

The tea plant is essentially tropicaland sub-tropical and therefore has wide climatic range. It is found atvarying altitudes and classified accordingly.

The legendary origin of tea drinkinghas been traced back to the Chinese Emperor Chen Nung of 2737BC, whowas also a scholar and herbalist, who discovered this detectable drinkwhen he was sitting beneath a tree while his servant was boiling a potof water. A few leaves from a tea plant (Camellia Sinensis) droppedinto the pot of water, gave an excellent aroma and he found it tastedas good when sipped.

It is a smaller tea with strong liquoring properties.