Quality parameters
- Authorized regional evidence
- orthodox leaf style and grade
- crop/flush
- dry leaf
- infusion
- liquor and cup evaluation
- moisture and foreign matter.
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Tea · Black Tea
Tea — Assam Orthodox Black
Dry Leaf • Specification Required • Exact garden/factory and invoice lot to confirm, India
Product visual for sourcing context. Product appearance, crop, and packaging vary by selected specification and batch.
TeaBlack TeaDry LeafSpecification RequiredExact garden/factory and invoice lot to confirmLot COA subject to programTraceability subject to supplier evidenceTea Board authorization as applicable
MOQ
To confirm by grade, pack and harvest lot
Typical lead time
21 days
Typical shelf-life
12 months
Product brief
Specification before quotation.
Export-ready programs built around buyer-aligned grades, batch-level QC options, and documentation discipline.
Orthodox is a manufacturing path, not a universal premium grade. Assam name use requires current origin and authorization evidence.
- Category
- Tea
- Sub-category
- Black Tea
- Form
- Dry Leaf
- Grade
- Specification Required
- HS code (hint)
- 0902
- Origin
- Exact garden/factory and invoice lot to confirm
- Seasonality
- Flush, crop period and invoice lot to confirm
- Processing
- Orthodox black-tea manufacture; exact style to confirm
- Packaging
- Food-grade moisture and odour barrier bulk pack; buyer format to confirm.
- Shelf-life
- 12 months (typical)
- Storage
- Cool, dry, odour-free, pest-controlled storage; protect from moisture, heat and light.
- Incoterms
- EXW, FOB, CFR, CIF
- MOQ
- To confirm by grade, pack and harvest lot
- Lead time
- 21 days (typical)
Safety-test scope
- Destination pesticide-residue panel
- heavy metals
- microbiology where required
- contaminants and adulteration controls.
Certifications available
Lot COA subject to programTraceability subject to supplier evidenceTea Board authorization as applicable
Use cases
Specialty wholesaleHORECAPrivate label
Origin, certification, testing, and packing availability are confirmed against the selected batch and destination requirements.
Tea knowledge
Verify Assam orthodox black tea from garden to cup.
Orthodox manufacture is distinct from CTC. Region, crop/flush and leaf style must be contracted independently of marketing grade.
Regional claim — evidence required.
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