Assam Tea TGFOP (Camellia sinensis) 1 lb

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. TGFOP=Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe. The major Black Tea types from the traditional black tea evergeen (Camellia sinensis) classified according to processing method include: fermented or black tea producing an amber-coloured full-flavoured beverage without bitterness; semi-fermented or oolong producing a slightly bitter light brownish-green liquid; and unfermented or green tea resulting in a mild slightly bitter pale greenish-yellow beverage. Tea contains only four calories per cup when consumed without added ingredients but is a source of several B-complex vitamins including B2 and nicotinic acid. Caffeine is responsible for tea's stimulating effect. Flavour is produced by volatile oils and astringency and colour by tannin. Teas are classified according to region of origin as in China Ceylon Japanese Indonesian and African tea or by smaller district as in Darjeeling Assam and Nilgris from India Uva and Dimbula from Sri Lanka Keemun from Chi-men in China's Anhwei Province and Enshu from Japan. Teas are also classified by the size of the processed leaf. Traditional operations result in larger leafy grades and smaller broken grades. The leafy grades are flowery pekoe (FP) orange pekoe (OP) pekoe (P) pekoe souchong (PS) and souchong (S). BOP=Broken Orange pekoe; FOP=Flowery Orange Pekoe; TGFOP=Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe; FTGFOP=Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe.