ORTHODOX TEA & CTC TEA | mysiteaxomtea

Difference between Orthodox tea and CTC tea

There are two main styles of tea produced across the world – the orthodox tea and the CTC tea. Conventionally speaking, orthodox tea refers to loose-leaf tea that is produced using traditional (or orthodox) methods of tea production, which involve plucking, withering, rolling, oxidation/fermentation and drying.

CTC (Crush, Tear, and Curl or Cut, Tear and Curl) is a method of processing black tea in which tea leaves are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with serrated blades that crush, tear, and curl the tea into small, even-shaped pellets.

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https://www.teabox.com/blog/tea101/difference-orthodox-tea-ctc-tea