Ball tea
China tea compressed in a ball to protect it against atmospheric changes.Grade
Term used to describe a tea leaf or particle size of leaf. Glossary of Tea Grades Terms describing the grading of black tea. Pekoe
Whole leaf black tea produced by a medium plucking of the second leaf on the tea brush. The word Pekoe comes from the Chinese meaning 'white hair' and was originally applied to the early tea pluckings, due to the white down on the backs of the young leaf tea. Broken Orange Pekoe
BOP, black tea comprising broken segments of somewhat coarser leaf, without tip. Can be applied to both orthodox and CTC teas. Fannings
Small Grainy particles of leaf (1 to 1.5 millimetres) sifted out of better grades teas. Fannings will make a liquor that is often as good as that of a whole leaf grade and its grade which applies to both Orthodox and CTC teas. In the Orthodox teas fannings will include broken orange pekeo fannings (BFOP) and golden orange pekeo fannings (GOPF) which describe the amount of tips in a grade. Flowery Orange Pekoe
FOP, can be either whole leaf or broken leaf Orthodox black tea with a lot of tip which gives it a finer quality. Flowery Pekoe
A whole leaf black tea with the leaf rolled lengthwise. Orange Pekoe
Black composing leaf 8 to 15 millimetres long which has fewer tips than an FOP. Dust
The smallest particle of leaf size in both Orthodox and CTC teas which is normally used for tea bag teas, as they infuse quickly with the full flavour and strength coming through the tea bag material. http://www.harvestfields.netfirms.com/Tea/Info/tea_glossary.htm If none of these terms strikes your fancy, a generic term, something like "small/fine leaf size loose tea", will probably do the trick. The word “size” is optional, well, redundant some would say.
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