英國人於1835年開始在印度種茶，爲了讓茶賣出好價錢，開始推行一個紅茶的分類制度，現今仍使用于肯亞，斯里蘭卡，以及印度。大致上以茶葉的大小以及外觀來分級，名稱有「花」性質，是指茶葉裏面有葉苞，有「金」「橙」字樣的等級則代表葉苞帶有「金毫」或是茶湯帶有金橙色。例如PinCha的錫蘭盧哈娜紅茶是「橙黃白毫」等級，就是指茶葉是帶有毫毛的橙黃色茶湯。基本上，整片全葉的等級比碎葉的等級高。
整個系統的分類如下：
- 全葉
- SFTGFOP 特上等嫩金花橙黃白毫（最小全葉）
- FTGFOP 上等嫩金花橙黃白毫
- TGFOP 嫩金花橙黃白毫
- FOP 花橙黃白毫
- FP 花白毫
- OP 橙黃白毫
- 碎葉
- GFBOP 金花碎橙黃白毫
- GBOP 金碎橙黃白毫
- FBOP 花碎橙黃白毫
- BOP1 碎橙黃白毫 1
- BOP 碎橙黃白毫
- BPS 碎白毫小種
最尖端的嫩葉茶味細膩，適合單喝。PinCha選取「橙黃白毫」等級，是手工摘取大葉種茶樹的第2葉到第4葉的部位全發酵製成，無烘焙，只乾燥處理，口味苦澀，很適合搭配牛奶來喝，也是品茶的入門款哦！
The Britons start to cultivate tea trees in India in 1835, and, to increase the prices of teas, they create a system classifying teas according to their appearances, still validating in Kenya, Sri Lanka, and India etc. Generally speaking, the grade of whole loose leaves is higher than that of broken leaves. The grading system is based on the sizes and the appearance of tea leaves, "F" standing for "Flowery", the bract of tea, and "OP" standing for "Orange Pekoe". PinCha uses the "OP" level of Ceylon Ruhana black tea, the hand-picked second leaves tea from Sri Lanka.
The grading system is：
- Whole Leaves
- SFTGFOP Super Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- FTGFOP Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- TGFOP Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe
- FOP Flowery Orange Pekoe
- FP Flowery Pekoe
- OP Orange Pekoe
- Broken Leaves
- GFBOP Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
- GBOP Golden Broken Orange Pekoe
- FBOP Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe
- BOP1 Broken Orange Pekoe 1
- BOP Broken Orange Pekoe
- BPS Broken Pekoe Souchong
The tea brewed by tea tips taste delicate and is suitable for drinking without milk. Therefore, PinCha chose "OP" level of Ceylon Ruhana black tea, hand-picked the 2nd to 4th leaves from tea tree, complete fermenting and then drying. The tea tastes bitter and astringent if drinking directly, and it exactly matches milk in flavor! The tea is an excellent choice for whom the first-time visitor!
Sources：
The tea book: experience the world's finest teas
http://www.thes.com.tw/teashop/t/tw/blog/-b32.html
