Sorry, Scott,

I do not agree with you at all.

You may not believe each and every label on a tea box, but that does not
change the meaning of the words.
You are right - ITS NOT A TYPE OF TEA, because it never was and it never
claimed to be such.
It always was and still is an attempt to describe the TYPE OF LEAF from the
point of view of it being mostly whole, broken or fannings plus the presence
and quantity of tips, etc.
OP has to be at least a large part leaf and at least some - whole leaf teas.
Majority of " box of Assam or Ceylon black, Yunnan black, or Kenya black," -
will be fannings or broken leaf. If you put an OP label on such a box it
will be a... hm... misrepresentation.

Sasha.



"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> In article <lYkoh.577247$1T2.79580@pd7urf2no>, - > wrote:
>>What exactly is orange pekoe? It is what is used by Tim Hortons (
>>http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/tea.html ). The taste is great.
>
> It's whatever you want it to be.
>
>>When I went to a specialty tea shop and asked for it, they said it's not
>>really a type of tea and that they don't carry it.
>
> It's not really a type of tea. But you can get a box of Assam or Ceylon
> black, Yunnan black, or Kenya black, and write ORANGE PEKOE on the box
> and you'd be right on the money.
>
> Orange Pekoe is a sort of grade of tea... it's one of the lowest sorts of
> grade of tea. It's like saying "table wine." It doesn't tell you what it
> is or where it comes from, but it establishes some minimum standard.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."