page_title: Orange Field Tea Factory
section_title: Grades Produced
hierarchical_section_title: Orange Field Tea Factory / Grades Produced
caption_attribution_description: Tea plantation in Sri Lanka
context_page_description: Orange Field Tea Factory is engaged in the manufacture of Black tea catering to the Middle - Eastern market and the C-I-S Countries. The factory is situated in Panwilatenne, a very small hamlet in Kandy District, Sri Lanka and located in close proximity to Loolecondera Estate where tea was planted for the first time in the Island by James Taylor. Established in the year 1950 the factory produces Black Tea from leaves grown by about 750 small plantation holders in the western medium elevation category, at an altitude of between 650 meters to 1000 meters above sea level. Orange Field Tea Factory is registered with The Sri Lanka Tea Board and also is a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership. The average annual production for the past few years has been 500,000 kg. The produce is sold weekly at the Colombo tea auctions conducted by the Colombo Brokers' Association, monitored by the Colombo Tea Traders Association.
context_section_description: OPA, OP ( Orange Pekoe ) - Leafy grades.
  OP1, BOP1 & BOP Sp ( Broken Orange Pekoe ) - Wiry grades.
  FBOP, FBOP1 ( Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe ), FF, FF1  & FF Sp ( Flowery Fannings ) - Tippy teas.
  PEKOE & PEKOE 1 - Shortly teas.
caption: Tea plantation near the factory
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