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How to identify CTC tea?

Because of the process of producing CTC teas, they leaves have a hard, balled, granular appearance like the ones in the picture you linked. The primary place to find such tea leaves is inside tea ...
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How does the USDA grading system work?

A thorough introduction to the specific methods behind grading is found here. USDA beef grading has two primary components: a "quality" grade and a "yield" grade. Both are done for a whole carcass, ...
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What are the grades of Italian pasta?

After the clarifying comments, I think the question now boils down to reading the nutrition table and to the Italian classification of flour, in particular, durum since it's the most used for the ...
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Tea leaf grades and plucking standards

The importance of leaf grade differs mainly between tea types and to a lesser extend between regions. For green tea picking is the most important. And the finer the pluck the more expensive it is. ...
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