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Orange pekoe (also spelled pecco) is a term used in the Western tea trade to describe a particular grade of black teas (Orange pekoe grading). Despite a purported Chinese origin, these grading terms are typically used for teas from India, Sri Lanka, and countries other than China and Taiwan; they are not generally known within Chinese-speaking countries. The grading system is based upon the size of processed and dried black tea leaves; high-grade teas are produced with only the best leaves. The tea industry uses the term ''Orange Pekoe'' to describe a basic, medium-grade black tea consisting of many whole tea leaves of a specific size; however, it is popular in some regions (such as North America) to use the term as a description of any generic black tea (though it is often described to the consumer as a specific variety of black tea). Within this system, the teas that receive the highest grades are obtained from new flushes. This includes the terminal leaf bud along with a few of the youngest leaves. Grading is based on the ''size'' of the individual leaves and flushes, which is determined by their ability to fall through the screens of special meshes ranging from 8–30 mesh. This also determines the ''wholeness'', or level of breakage, of each leaf, which is also part of the grading system. Although these are not the only factors used to determine quality, the size and wholeness of the leaves will have the greatest influence on the taste, clarity, and brewing-time of the tea. When used outside the context of black tea grading, the term ''Pekoe'' (or, occasionally, ''Orange pekoe'') describes the unopened terminal leaf bud (tips) in tea flushes. As such, the phrases "''a bud and a leaf''" or "''a bud and two leaves''" are used to describe the "leafiness" of a flush; they are also used interchangeably with ''pekoe and a leaf'' or ''pekoe and two leaves''.
[edit] About Orange Pekoe Tea
A medium grade black tea. It is also a form of grading (i.e. orange pekoe grading) and sorting black teas.
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