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EP 1101 Part 1 of 5 | How Tea Is Processed and Graded (Jem McDowall) Map It Forward
23 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 2:00 am.
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Part 1 of 5: Jem McDowall of Universal Commodities explains how tea moves from fresh leaf through withering, oxidation, rolling or CTC processing, and drying. He also breaks down how tea is graded by leaf size, why those systems vary around the world, and how tea grading differs from the more standardized systems used in coffee.