Whole-leaf grades, from OPA to Pekoe.
See all 34 grades
OPA
Whole leaf
Long, bold open leaf. A light, mellow cup that brews slowly.
Light, mellow
OP
Whole leaf
Long, well-twisted leaf. Smooth and aromatic.
Bright, light
OP1
Whole leaf
Long, slender, wiry leaf. Delicate and fragrant.
Pale, delicate
Pekoe
Curled leaf
Short, tightly curled leaf. Fuller body than OP.
Full, round
The full Colombo range, family by family.
Every grade the auction sells, grouped the way brokers catalogue them. Pick a family to see its grades, typical pack and container load.
From broker catalogue to your container, in three steps.
01
Read the catalogue
Brokers publish each week’s lots. We shortlist the ones that match your region, grade and price.
02
Cup every sample
Each shortlisted lot is brewed and tasted against your brief. Lots that fall short are left on the floor.
03
Bid, blend and ship
We buy what passes, blend it to a consistent standard and pack it in the format you chose.
Bulk, private label or blended to your standard.
Four ways to buy from us. All of them start with the same cupping table and end with a sample you approve before the container is sealed.
Bulk tea
Single grades or blends in palletised paper sacks, shipped as 20ft or 40ft full container loads.
Private label
Your brand on loose-leaf packs, tea bags or cartons, packed to your artwork and specification.
Blending
Lots from several estates blended to a reference sample, so every shipment tastes like the last.
Samples and papers
Pre-shipment samples, invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and phytosanitary certificate.
FOB · CFR · CIF
Incoterms quoted
Colombo
Port of loading
20ft and 40ft
Palletised full container loads
Every order
Pre-shipment sample for approval
Why we taste every lot before it ships.
“Tea is bought on trust. A buyer in Dubai or Istanbul cannot taste every sack we ship, so they rely on us to have tasted it for them.
At Monarch Teas we treat that reliance as the most valuable thing we hold. Every lot we offer is cupped against the buyer’s brief, every invoice matches what is in the sack, and every shipping date we give is one we intend to keep.
We would like to earn your first order the same way we mean to earn the hundredth.”
Rameshkumar Kasinathan
Managing Director, Monarch Teas
Start with a trial lot. Cup before you commit.
Order a smaller lot before signing a contract. We send pre-shipment samples so you can taste exactly what you are buying before it leaves Colombo.
Your buyers should never have to guess what is in the sack.
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