Here is a U(gly)RL http://www.kmanibhai.com/black.html that suggests
you and the embedded auteur are both correct. What I've seen as BOP
in commercial brands is from mechanized Rotorvane ie broken irregular
and indistinguishable. Any labeling for BP is definitely broken leaf.
I just haven't seen any BOP that would even suggest a byproduct of
CTC. Any packaging simply states CTC and not CTC BOP. Probably CTC
uses the leaf more efficently to produce granulation than BOP but that
cost still isn't any cheaper on the shelves comparatively. I'd
probably buy a CTC over BOP all things being equal. The Taj Mahal CTC
Assam blend taste couldn't be accomplished using BOP. In the summer
for instant tea use CTC and tap water. The granulation falls to the
bottom, add ice and you drink off the top.

Jim

"Jon P Nossen" > wrote in message news:<uzvPc.4020$vH5.2744@amstwist00>...
> Ripon > wrote:
>
> > Sri Lanka produce a lot of CTC teas.
>
> As I just wrote, about 6 per cent of the Ceylon tea production
> is of the CTC type. Meaning that 94 per cent is "orthodox".
>
> > In domestic market CTC tea is the most popular one because
> local people like strong, robust cup.
>
> It's not that simple. A lot of the "orthodox" tea (namely that
> processed with the Rotorvane machine) is made into small
> particles which gives a strong, robust tea with comparably less
> flavour. But this is not CTC tea.
>
> > Actually BOP is not a orthodox grade, this grading system is
> for CTC tea-
> BOP(Broken Orange Pekoe).
>
> This is wrong. BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) has been used as a
> grade in orthodox manucfacturing for a very long time, even
> though it is nowadays also used for CTC teas. In Sri Lanka a BOP
> tea is usually "orthodox" Rotorvane-processed. However, due to
> market demand the BOP teas from Sri Lanka/Ceylon nowadays
> consist of much smaller particles than before, making them
> difficult to distinguish from BOPF (Fannings) and even Dust.
>
> Jon (Oslo, Norway)