I recently bought a few ounces of a nice organic Darjeeling (FTGFOP1S it says).
Two questions:
- I think I understand the FTGFOP1, but what is the S;
- should my tea merchant have identified this tea more, eh... rigorously? Like estate, etc? Since she didn't, does that say something about the tea? The merchant?
Of course I should have asked these questions when I bought the tea, but... oh, well.
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When a tea is called a Darjeeling without mentioning an estate, it usually means that it is a blend from Darjeelings from various estates. In most blends the sum is better than the parts.
Peter
You wouldn't expect to find a blend labelled FTGFOP1S. Therefore it probably is a single estate tea. It should be labelled with the name of the garden and whether it's a First Flush or a Second Flush.
The 1S is an additional sign of quality, i.e. "1st sorting". Though personally I don't see the point of alle those letters and numbers.
J> Jack B wrote:
(FTGFOP1S
eh...
say something
estate, it
estates.
Paraphrasing from the Tea FAQ's, it is Far too good for ordinary people, one supposes ;-)
JB
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