Fatickcherra Estate and Sewpur Estate have Assam CTC BOPs that,
somewhat unsurprisingly, are almost twins to each other. In side by
sides, the Fatickcherra may be a bit more full mouth, darker, redder,
and tastier than the Sewper- or I may have just put a grain or two more
tea into the Fatickcherra mixture. They are both good to very good.
The Fatickcherra had three people giving it 5 stars at Upton, which I
think is hyperbole. The Sewpur was unrated. I brewed according to
directions, see no need for "improvement" on the directions, and added
no adulterants. Toci

"toci" > writes:

> Fatickcherra Estate and Sewpur Estate have Assam CTC BOPs [...]

Maybe I'm showing my ignorance here, but I think "CTC BOP" is a
contradiction in terms: isn't BOP always orthodox manufacture?

Put another way, while I can understand that the OP part of the grade,
saying where on the shoot the leaves come from, is germane, who cares
if the leaves were broken before they hit the CTC machinery?

/Lew
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My understanding is that different retailers have different and
contradictory designations for the same product. I'm using the
designation Upton uses, mainly just so people know what I'm talking
about. I'll let Upton be Humpty Dumpty on this one. Toci
Lewis Perin wrote:
> "toci" > writes:
>
> > Fatickcherra Estate and Sewpur Estate have Assam CTC BOPs [...]
>
> Maybe I'm showing my ignorance here, but I think "CTC BOP" is a
> contradiction in terms: isn't BOP always orthodox manufacture?
>
> Put another way, while I can understand that the OP part of the grade,
> saying where on the shoot the leaves come from, is germane, who cares
> if the leaves were broken before they hit the CTC machinery?
>
> /Lew
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> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html