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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackhorse" data-source="post: 559341" data-attributes="member: 1365">That grade of tea is CTC standing for “Cut, Tear, Curl”.  You'll notice this tea is shaped into little tiny balls. It’s meant to produce a strong bold cup - which is the preferred style of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, etc. Crush, tear, curl is a method of processing black tea in which the leaves are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with hundreds of sharp teeth that crush, tear, and curl the tea into small, hard pellets. This replaces the final stage of orthodox tea manufacture, in which the leaves are rolled into strips.  It’s a very common style and many of my favorites are CTC style.[ATTACH]1124[/ATTACH]I would be very pleased to trade you the rest of your unwanted Miles Tea for one of the blends I have on hand.  All of mine are very very nearly full or completely full...recently obtained and stored in tip top conditions.  I have several English Breakfast, Irish, Welsh and Scottish blends...a number of Gold blends...and some Earl Grey choices.  I could even put together a “sampler” of varying blends for your experimentation.  Send me a PM and let’s figure out what you’d like.</blockquote>