Well, perhaps ironically, my current girlfriend's last name is Fanning, and
she owns a Beagle. And boy do I make fun of that last name.



"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
...
> So, Falky Foo, are we to surmise that your appeciation of restaurant teas
> and OP ranks low? Well, I agree completely with your cogent analysis.
Now,
> what about those famous taste choices, dust and fannings. Logic would
> strongly indicate that a relatively decent tea would not be ground to
dust.
> By the way, beagles are cool. Don't denigrate beagles. Thanks.
>
> Michael
> >
>
> Falky m12/13/04
>
>
> > She knew absolutely nothing about tea. Here's the thing: the tea served
at
> > basically all restaurants is about as high a quality as powdered Beagle
> > feces. So, 'OP,' being one slight step above pure crap, is considered
"high
> > quality" at many restaurants.
> >
>
> >
> > "Roy Smith" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> I had lunch in a restaurant today that specializes in serving many
kinds
> >> of tea. The list included many varieties that were marked "O.P". We
> >> asked the waitress what "O.P." meant and she said it meant high quality
> >> tea, but didn't know what the letters stood for.
> >>
> >> A little web searching this afternoon found the explanation
> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Pekoe), but I'm still a little
> >> confused about something. The chart lists a bunch of grades, with OP
> >> being the lowest of them. So what were all the teas that didn't have
OP
> >> (or any letters) next to their name? Does that mean they're such a low
> >> grade they don't even rate the lowest rating?
> >
> >
>