CeylonBlends Extra Special Reserve Ceylon Black Tea — FBOPFEXSP (Flowery BOP Fannings Extra Special)
CeylonBlends' pinnacle Ceylon black tea — an extraordinary fanning with an abundance of long golden tips, blacker leaf, and a price point that reflects its standing as one of Sri Lanka's most prized export grades.
About this product
The FBOPFEXSP is the summit of Ceylon's fanning grades — a tea the Tea Exporters Association of Sri Lanka describes as more expensive than standard grades, distinguished by an abundance of long tips, a firmer and blacker leaf structure, and the accumulated prestige of the island's finest orthodox production. CeylonBlends Extra Special Reserve is our flagship black tea: selected for its exceptional tip-to-leaf ratio and sourced to represent the absolute ceiling of the grades we carry. The golden tips that run through every batch are not decoration — they are young bud material from the first flush, carrying concentrated aromatic compounds that elevate every cup above the everyday. This is a tea for gifting, for ceremony, for the moment when tea matters most. Available in a 100 g premium tin that preserves the aroma and presents beautifully on any shelf. GRADE DEFINITION (Tea Exporters Association of Sri Lanka, verbatim): “Similar to FBOP1 but firm and more black leaf with much better leafy tips, expensive than” TASTING NOTES: Liquor: deep, luminous amber-red. Aroma: exceptionally aromatic — floral, malty, with rich tip-driven top notes. Palate: complex and layered, full body, naturally sweet tip character balances structured astringency. Finish: long, luxurious, lingering warmth. BREWING GUIDANCE: 95°C · 2.5–3.5 min · 2 g per 200 ml · best served straight (first steep), with milk for subsequent steeps. Filtered water preserves the aromatic top notes. ORIGIN: Likely premier high-grown Sri Lanka (Nuwara Eliya / Uva). Provisional — final sourcing not yet confirmed; estate identity not asserted.