Ceylon tea from sri lanka is celebrated for its clean brisk taste and this is a particularly fine ceylon blended from a selection of estates 39orange pekoe39 refers to the grade an unbroken whole leaf tea with long wiry leavesoften misread as referring to the taste of the tea the term 39orange pekoe39 has a rather intriguing history the word 39pekoe39 is a corruption of the chinese for 39white tip39 referring to the young fresh tea leaves while the inclusion of