Tea leaves and processed tea at the declared primary-processing gate

Lifecycle status: Candidate
Content maturity: Authored methodology
Current version: 0.1.0Last updated2026-10-20
Readiness: Review required

Methodology and translation states come from the source record; publishing this website does not change their review status.

Content languages

zh-CN · Aligned

Status, classification and source details

Readiness

Warnings methodology_not_reviewed Authored methodology is candidate guidance and still requires methodology review.

Classification mapping

CPC 3.0:01620 · narrower

Source

library/pcrs/agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products/products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening/tea-leavessha256:4c83a4256aac…

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers managed cultivation of Camellia sinensis, plucking of tender shoots and leaves, green-leaf reception, named primary tea-processing routes, grading, storage, and hand-off of dry tea at a declared primary-processing gate. It is written for tea leaves classified as CPC 3.0 01620 and uses the verified platform product flow Tea as the reference identity for the processed tea hand-off.

The route alternatives are explicit rather than universal. Green tea uses enzyme inactivation or fixation, optional rolling or shaping, and drying; black tea uses withering, rolling or maceration, oxidation, and drying; oolong tea uses withering, tumbling or partial aeration, rolling, partial oxidation, and drying; white tea uses withering and drying without a required rolling or oxidation step; yellow tea uses enzyme inactivation, yellowing, and drying; dark tea uses enzyme inactivation, rolling, piling or post-fermentation, and drying. A dataset must select one named route for each lot.

This PCR excludes herbal or fruit infusions, tea beverages, extracts, concentrates, instant tea, scented or flavoured tea, decaffeination, consumer brewing, packaging presentation, retail, and downstream distribution. It does not select a residual or n.e.c. product category.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.tea-leaves
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01620 Tea leaves; mapping relation: narrower
covered_products	Named dry tea products made only from Camellia sinensis: green, black, oolong, white, yellow, and dark tea, with the selected primary-processing route disclosed
excluded_products	Herbal or fruit infusions; tea beverages; extracts; concentrates; instant tea; scented or flavoured tea; decaffeinated tea; consumer-prepared tea; packaged retail presentation
representative_product	Dry made tea from plucked Camellia sinensis shoots and leaves
production_route	Managed perennial tea plantation, plucking, green-leaf handling, route-specific primary processing, drying, grading, storage, and primary-processing gate hand-off
market_state	Dry, graded tea at the declared primary-processing gate, with tea type, moisture, grade, lot, route, and storage condition disclosed

The verified platform identity is Tea rather than a farm-gate fresh-leaf flow. The PCR therefore keeps CPC 01620 as the coverage classification while declaring a processed-tea gate so that the platform identity and the methodology boundary are not silently conflated.

3. Reference Flow

Functional unit

Field	Value
What	Dry made tea delivered at the declared primary-processing gate
How much	1 kg
How well	Named tea type; moisture and grade declared; produced only from Camellia sinensis leaves, buds, and shoots
How long or cycle	One complete tea production cycle and the reporting period covering plantation management, plucking, processing, grading, and gate storage
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Reference flow object

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Tea
Reference flow property	Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66`
Reference unit group	Units of mass `93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66`
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	Camellia sinensis; named tea type; dry made-tea condition; grade; moisture; lot or campaign; declared primary-processing gate; packaging excluded

The platform Tea flow has no treatment-standard route or gate metadata. The declared PCR gate is therefore the post-primary-processing, post-grading, pre-packaging hand-off of dry tea. Fresh tea leaves, withered leaves, oxidized leaves, and process residues remain route-specific foreground states and are not assigned the finished-tea UUID merely because they share a product family.

Each foreground dataset must explicitly select one actual route, declared gate, product state and output row. Reconcile the selected terminal route with reference_product_at_declared_handoff; normalize that handoff output to the reference quantity and retain preceding-stage outputs as measured transfers. Raw weighing, mass reconciliation and lot traceability requirements continue to apply.

The sole reference output is reference_product_at_declared_handoff, receiving the selected actual route product at the declared gate. Existing route-output ids identify the source and physical state; they are no longer individually fixed to the reference quantity.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
`measurement_01`	reference product and all dry-tea product states	Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66`	kg	Report the reference flow and product-state amounts on a mass basis; retain wet-basis or dry-basis moisture records separately.
`measurement_02`	fresh leaf, withered leaf, and dried tea conversion	Mass	kg fresh material and kg dry material	Record the actual state before conversion and calculate state-to-state yields from lot mass and moisture rather than applying an unreferenced universal factor.
`measurement_03`	fertilizer and crop-protection inputs	Mass of nutrient or formulated product	kg nutrient or kg product	Keep nutrient mass separate from formulated product mass and keep active ingredient or product identity in the foreground record.
`measurement_04`	water, fuel, and electricity	Volume, energy, or mass as supplied	L, m3, MJ, kWh, or kg	Preserve the supplied unit and convert only through a declared density, heating value, meter conversion, or supplier factor.
`measurement_05`	perennial plantation attribution	Mass and area-time	kg, m2, and m2·year	Link establishment, replacement, pruning, land occupation, and termination records to the production period and allocate them only once to the tea output.

5. System Boundary

The foreground boundary starts with the managed tea plantation and its establishment or replacement records for the reporting period. It includes field inputs, land occupation, plantation maintenance, plucking, collection, green-leaf handling, selected primary-processing route, drying, grading, storage to the declared gate, process rejects, residues, direct emissions, wastewater where generated, and all allocation decisions required to reconcile the lot.

The boundary ends when dry, graded tea crosses the declared primary-processing gate before packaging presentation, retail, downstream distribution, consumer brewing, or beverage preparation. Background datasets for electricity, fuels, fertilizer products, crop-protection products, water supply, and treatment services are outside the foreground PCR boundary but are required when the foreground package uses them.

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Managed Camellia sinensis plantation and the reported reporting-period inputs, land occupation, harvest records, or a documented upstream plantation dataset
starting_condition_role	The production context that supplies fresh tea shoots and leaves to the independent plucking and collection node
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0: 01620 Tea leaves; named tea products from Camellia sinensis only
recursive_input_rule	If a same-category tea product is supplied as an input to a later tea route, record it as an upstream tea dataset with its gate and quality state; do not recursively include its plantation or primary-processing burdens inside the receiving lot
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use an upstream dataset when plantation, fresh-leaf supply, or a pre-processed tea intermediate is outside the foreground operator's reporting boundary; disclose UUID, route, gate, geography, period, and quality state
disclosure	Declare tea type, route, plantation phase, fresh-leaf or dry-tea basis, grade, moisture, rejected fraction, residue destination, storage duration, and whether packaging is excluded

Boundary Rules

rule_id	applies_to	source_ids	rule
`boundary_01`	plantation_to_gate	`iso-20715-2023-tea-classification`; `iso-14044-2006`	Include the managed plantation, plucking, selected primary-processing route, drying, grading, and gate storage needed to produce the declared dry tea reference flow.
`boundary_02`	route_selection	`iso-20715-2023-tea-classification`; `fao-jmpr-tea-processing-2016`	Select one named tea route per lot and include only the route states that occur; do not count withering, oxidation, rolling, or yellowing when the selected route does not use that state.
`boundary_03`	gate_definition	`iso-14044-2006`	The declared gate is after primary processing, drying, grading, and included storage, and before packaging presentation, retail, downstream distribution, consumer brewing, or beverage preparation.
`boundary_04`	recursive_same_category_input	`mass-balance-identity`	Same-category upstream tea input is a declared dataset input and must not be expanded recursively inside the receiving tea process.
`boundary_05`	direct_emissions_and_residues	`fao-jmpr-tea-processing-2016`; `ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`	Record direct field and processing emissions, wastewater, dust, residues, rejects, and their destinations when they cross the foreground boundary or are required for mass reconciliation.

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
`tea_plantation_management`	Managed tea plantation management	`required`	Every tea lot requires a declared plantation source or upstream plantation dataset.	perennial biological production	per reporting period and 1 kg dry tea
`tea_plucking_collection`	Plucking and green-leaf collection	`required`	Every lot requires a harvest or plucking record and a green-leaf hand-off.	independent harvest and capture	kg fresh leaf collected
`tea_green_leaf_handling`	Green-leaf reception and primary conditioning	`required`	Include reception, temporary holding, cooling or ventilation, and the first raw-to-prepared hand-off.	primary conditioning	kg fresh leaf received and kg conditioned leaf
`tea_route_processing`	Route-specific tea processing and drying	`required`	Select exactly one named route: green, black, oolong, white, yellow, or dark tea.	material treatment and stabilization	kg dry tea output
`tea_grading_storage_gate`	Grading, storage, and primary-processing gate	`required`	Include grading and storage until the declared dry-tea gate; exclude packaging presentation.	grading, storage, and hand-off	1 kg dry tea reference flow
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Route alternatives

It does not create separate PCR identities. The alternatives are mutually exclusive per lot and coexist across the category:

route_id	selected route states	omitted states that must not be counted	route delta and hand-off
`green_tea_route`	fixation or enzyme inactivation; optional rolling or shaping; drying	oxidation and piling are not counted unless documented as a separate process	dry green tea crosses to grading after drying
`black_tea_route`	withering; rolling or maceration; oxidation; drying	fixation as a green-tea step is not counted	dry black tea crosses to grading after drying
`oolong_tea_route`	withering; tumbling or partial aeration; rolling; partial oxidation; drying	full black-tea oxidation and green-tea fixation are not counted	dry oolong tea crosses to grading after drying
`white_tea_route`	harvesting; withering; drying	rolling, full oxidation, and fixation are not counted	dry white tea crosses to grading after drying
`yellow_tea_route`	fixation; yellowing; drying	black-tea oxidation is not counted	dry yellow tea crosses to grading after drying
`dark_tea_route`	fixation; rolling; piling or post-fermentation; drying	the black-tea oxidation state is not counted as a substitute for piling or post-fermentation	dry dark tea crosses to grading after drying

Process: Managed tea plantation management (`tea_plantation_management`)

Inputs

Product flows

Tea planting material and replacement stock (`tea_planting_material`)

Record seed, cuttings, nursery plants, or replacement planting stock used to establish or replace the managed tea plantation. Do not apply this input to mature plantation periods unless a replacement event is recorded.

Selected flow: Tea planting material (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured planting material by establishment or replacement event
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records
Range: Provisional planting-stock screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.20
- Unit: kg planting material/kg dry tea
- Basis: reporting-period replacement and establishment burden normalized to dry tea
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Fertilizer, urea input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs`)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, urea is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, urea used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate`)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, potassium chloride is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Cattle manure, as applied input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Include this conditional card only when Cattle manure, as applied is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Cattle manure, as applied used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Agricultural limestone input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone`)

Include this conditional card only when Agricultural limestone is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Agricultural limestone
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Agricultural limestone used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Required crop-protection records: before completing the foreground package, enumerate every actually applied formulated product separately, retaining trade name, active ingredient, salt or chemical form, concentration, density where needed, application quantity, date and treated area. Select one physically specific product identity per exchange. Derive active-substance releases separately by substance and receiving compartment. Missing formulation identity is a completeness gap; do not replace it with a generic pesticide, invented example, or assumed zero.

Irrigation and field water (`tea_field_water_input`)

Record irrigation, fertigation carrier water, and other field water supplied within the plantation boundary. Rainfall is recorded as a site descriptor when relevant but is not treated as a purchased product input.

Selected flow: Irrigation water (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Volume / L
Amount rule: metered or estimated field water by block and period
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records
Range: Provisional field-water screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1,500
- Unit: L/kg dry tea
- Basis: irrigation and fertigation carrier water; replace with meter or irrigation records
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage input (`tea_plantation_energy_input`)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Diesel fuel input (`tea_plantation_energy_input_diesel`)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

Selected flow: Diesel fuel
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Elementary flows

Agricultural land occupation (`tea_land_occupation`)

Record land area, plantation phase, reporting period, and productive tea output used to allocate land occupation to the reference flow.

Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation
Flow property / unit: Area-time / m2·year
Amount rule: measured managed area multiplied by the reporting period and allocated by declared tea output
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records
Range: Provisional land-occupation screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0.1
- Upper: 20
- Unit: m2·year/kg dry tea
- Basis: productive plantation area and reporting-period yield
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Managed tea shoots available for plucking (`tea_shoots_on_bush`)

Record the intended tender-shoot and leaf output from the managed plantation before the independent plucking node. The collected hand-off must be reconciled to harvested fresh leaf.

Selected flow: Tender tea shoots and leaves (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured or calculated shoot output available to the plucking campaign
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_output_records
Range: Provisional fresh-shoot availability screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 3.0
- Upper: 12.0
- Unit: kg fresh shoots/kg dry tea
- Basis: plantation output reconciled to the selected dry-tea route
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Pruned or removed plantation biomass (`tea_plantation_residue`)

Record prunings, removed branches, weeds, and non-product biomass separately from harvested tea shoots, including destination and any recovered use.

Selected flow: Tea plantation biomass residue (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured or estimated residue mass by operation and destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per reporting period and converted to 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_residue_destination_records
Range: Provisional plantation-residue screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 3.0
- Unit: kg residue/kg dry tea
- Basis: pruning and removed biomass; record composting, field return, combustion, or disposal destination
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Plucking and green-leaf collection (`tea_plucking_collection`)

Inputs

Product flows

Tender tea shoots available for plucking (`tea_plucking_source`)

The plucking node receives the intended shoot state from the managed plantation and must record the collection campaign and hand-off to green-leaf handling.

Selected flow: Tender tea shoots and leaves (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: mass of source shoots assigned to the plucking campaign
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_output_records

No fixed numerical screening bound is prescribed for this row. Derive any lot-specific consistency bound from measured incoming quantities, moisture, stocks, losses and uncertainty on the stated basis. Conservation alone supplies no universal yield, water-use or measurement-tolerance interval. Until compatible evidence is available, report quantitative range screening as unavailable; do not clip measurements or substitute an assumed value.

Electricity, medium voltage (`tea_plucking_energy`)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg fresh leaf collected and converted to 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
Value mode: foreground_record
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: process_output
Evidence kind: collected_record
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Diesel fuel (`tea_plucking_energy_diesel`)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg fresh leaf collected and converted to 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Diesel fuel
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
Value mode: foreground_record
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: process_output
Evidence kind: collected_record
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Outputs

Product flows

Fresh tea leaves collected for processing (`tea_fresh_leaf_collected`)

The collected output is fresh Camellia sinensis leaf, bud, and shoot material transferred to green-leaf handling. It is not the finished Tea reference flow.

Selected flow: Fresh tea leaves collected (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed fresh leaf at the receiving or collection hand-off
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_output_records

The cited guidance does not establish this broad numerical interval for all represented routes. Use matched lot measurements and moisture/loss balances; report quantitative screening unavailable until route-specific evidence supports bounds. Do not substitute the deleted range for a measured yield or loss.

Waste flows

Plucking loss and non-tea material (`tea_plucking_loss`)

Record dropped leaves, unsuitable shoots, foreign material, and field loss separately from the intended collected output and state the destination.

Selected flow: Plucking loss and non-tea material (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured or reconciled loss by plucking campaign
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_output_records
Range: Provisional plucking-loss screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.8
- Unit: kg loss/kg dry tea
- Basis: dropped, rejected, or non-tea material at harvest
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Green-leaf reception and primary conditioning (`tea_green_leaf_handling`)

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh tea leaves received (`tea_green_leaf_input`)

The primary-conditioning node receives the raw collected state, confirms lot identity, records time from plucking to reception, and creates a prepared leaf state for the selected route.

Selected flow: Fresh tea leaves collected (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed fresh leaf received by lot
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records

Green-leaf handling water (`tea_green_leaf_water`)

Record water used for cleaning, dust suppression, or conditioning only when it crosses the boundary. Dry handling with no water is a valid zero record.

Selected flow: Green-leaf handling water (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Volume / L
Amount rule: metered or batch-estimated water use
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records
Range: Provisional green-leaf handling water screen
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 100
- Unit: L/kg dry tea
- Basis: water crossing the handling boundary; dry handling may be zero
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared green leaf for route processing (`tea_prepared_leaf`)

This prepared intermediate is an intended process output state and is handed to the selected route. It must not be counted again as finished tea.

Selected flow: Prepared green tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed conditioned leaf after reception, cooling, ventilation, or temporary holding
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records

Waste flows

Green-leaf reception reject and handling loss (`tea_green_leaf_reject`)

Record damaged, overheated, contaminated, or otherwise rejected green leaf. State whether it is returned to field composting, routed to recovery, downgraded, or discarded.

Selected flow: Green-leaf reception reject (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed or reconciled reject mass by lot
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_residue_destination_records
Range: Provisional green-leaf reject screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.5
- Unit: kg reject/kg dry tea
- Basis: incoming-lot rejection and handling loss
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Route-specific tea processing and drying (`tea_route_processing`)

Inputs

Product flows

Prepared green leaf entering the selected route (`tea_route_leaf_input`)

Record the prepared leaf state entering one and only one named route. The route is indexed by lot or campaign and the input must reconcile to the preceding hand-off.

Selected flow: Prepared green tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed route input by batch or campaign
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Withered leaf intermediate (`tea_withered_leaf`)

Use only for black, oolong, and white routes where withering is documented. Withered leaf is a prepared intermediate and is not an additional final product.

Selected flow: Withered tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed post-withering intermediate by batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records
Range: Withered-leaf intermediate screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 2.0
- Upper: 6.5
- Unit: kg withered leaf/kg dry tea
- Basis: route-specific moisture loss and handling loss
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Enzyme-inactivated or fixed leaf intermediate (`tea_fixed_leaf`)

Use only for green, yellow, or dark routes where heat treatment or enzyme inactivation is documented. This is a route state, not the finished reference flow.

Selected flow: Enzyme-inactivated tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed post-fixation intermediate by batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records
Range: Fixed-leaf intermediate screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1.5
- Upper: 6.5
- Unit: kg fixed leaf/kg dry tea
- Basis: route-specific moisture and handling loss
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Rolled, macerated, or shaped leaf intermediate (`tea_rolled_leaf`)

Use only when the selected named route includes rolling, maceration, shaping, or equivalent cell-disruption treatment. Do not add it to white tea unless the lot record documents a permitted additional treatment.

Selected flow: Rolled, macerated, or shaped tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed post-rolling or post-shaping intermediate by batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records
Range: Rolled-leaf intermediate screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1.3
- Upper: 5.5
- Unit: kg rolled or shaped leaf/kg dry tea
- Basis: route-specific pre-drying intermediate
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Oxidized or partially oxidized leaf intermediate (`tea_oxidized_leaf`)

Use only for black and oolong routes where aeration or enzymatic oxidation is documented. Record the oxidation state and duration as batch metadata; do not call it fermentation unless the operational process is reported as such.

Selected flow: Oxidized or partially oxidized tea leaf (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed post-oxidation intermediate by batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records
Range: Oxidized-leaf intermediate screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1.2
- Upper: 5.0
- Unit: kg oxidized leaf/kg dry tea
- Basis: route-specific pre-drying intermediate
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Dry made tea before grading (`tea_dried_made_tea`)

The drying output is the stabilized usable state handed to grading. The fixed platform Tea identity is applied only to this dry product state and later gate output.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed dry made tea after the final drying step
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records
Sources: iso-20715-2023-tea-classification

Waste flows

Route-specific tea processing residue and dust (`tea_processing_residue`)

Record leaf fragments, stems, dust, sweepings, sludge, and other residual states separately. A sold tea-grade fraction is an intended output, not waste; a discarded fraction requires a destination.

Selected flow: Tea processing residue and dust (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured residue mass by batch and destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_residue_destination_records
Range: Provisional processing-residue screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.50
- Unit: kg residue/kg dry tea
- Basis: leaf fragments, stems, dust, and treatment residuals
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Processing and drying loss (`tea_processing_loss`)

Record mass lost through handling, dust, trim, evaporation beyond the measured moisture change, or rejected material, and link each fraction to rework, recovery, composting, energy recovery, or disposal.

Selected flow: Tea processing and drying loss (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measure or use representative sampling for the actual identified rejected/spilled/otherwise lost material and its evidenced destination. A component mass balance may estimate that stream only when all other product, residue, water, stock and transfer terms are supported, compatible and mutually exclusive, with uncertainty disclosed. Keep unexplained balance residual as an investigation/evidence gap, never automatically a waste output, dry-matter loss, vapour or emission. Separate every actual material/state/destination and preserve retained/reworked material as paired transfer or stock; normalize supported exported quantities once to accepted final output.
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_processing_batch_records

Elementary flows

Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions`)

Record Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air as one substance and receiving-medium exchange only when measurement or the selected applicable method establishes this pathway. Retain the actual receiving compartment and verify the precise flow identity. Other substances require separate exchanges; this card does not imply a default release. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg CO2
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_co2_biogenic`)

Record Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air as one substance and receiving-medium exchange only when measurement or the selected applicable method establishes this pathway. Retain the actual receiving compartment and verify the precise flow identity. Other substances require separate exchanges; this card does not imply a default release. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg CO2
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Methane, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_ch4`)

Record Methane, to air as one substance and receiving-medium exchange only when measurement or the selected applicable method establishes this pathway. Retain the actual receiving compartment and verify the precise flow identity. Other substances require separate exchanges; this card does not imply a default release. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Methane, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg CH4
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Methane, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Dinitrogen monoxide, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_n2o`)

Record Dinitrogen monoxide, to air as one substance and receiving-medium exchange only when measurement or the selected applicable method establishes this pathway. Retain the actual receiving compartment and verify the precise flow identity. Other substances require separate exchanges; this card does not imply a default release. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Dinitrogen monoxide, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Dinitrogen monoxide, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output. If reported as N2O-N, convert to N2O once using 44/28.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_dust`)

Record Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air as one substance and receiving-medium exchange only when measurement or the selected applicable method establishes this pathway. Retain the actual receiving compartment and verify the precise flow identity. Other substances require separate exchanges; this card does not imply a default release. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.

Selected flow: Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Process: Grading, storage, and primary-processing gate (`tea_grading_storage_gate`)

Storage duration is a lot-level process parameter, not a flow exchange. Calculate it from storage start and end records under cp_quality_and_storage_records; retain storage condition and lot status, and use 0–180 days as a provisional QA screen only for storage before the declared gate.

Inputs

Product flows

Dry made tea received for grading (`tea_grading_input`)

The grading node receives the stabilized dry product and classifies it into declared grade or destination states. It is separate from primary processing because the grade states and hand-offs are independent outputs.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed dry tea received by lot
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_quality_and_storage_records

Electricity, medium voltage (`tea_grading_energy`)

Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
Value mode: foreground_record
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: collected_record
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Diesel fuel (`tea_grading_energy_diesel`)

Selected flow: Diesel fuel
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
Value mode: foreground_record
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: reference_flow
Evidence kind: collected_record
Collection protocol: cp_field_activity_records

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted primary tea grade at gate (`tea_primary_grade_output`)

This is an intended output state. The final gate output must carry the selected tea type, grade, moisture, lot, route, and storage condition.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: weighed accepted grade output
Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea reference flow.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_quality_and_storage_records
Sources: iso-20715-2023-tea-classification
Range: Accepted-grade output reconciliation range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0.60
- Upper: 1.00
- Unit: kg accepted tea/kg graded input
- Basis: grade-dependent accepted fraction
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Marketable secondary tea grade (`tea_secondary_grade_output`)

This is an intended output state when it is sold or transferred as tea. Record the second tea-grade or destination state with its own hand-off; it must not be silently treated as waste.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed secondary marketable tea output by grade
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea reference flow.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_quality_and_storage_records
Range: Secondary-grade output screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.40
- Unit: kg secondary tea/kg graded input
- Basis: independently weighed marketable secondary grade
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Recovered tea dust or small-particle tea product (`tea_recovered_fraction_output`)

This is an intended output state only when it is sold or transferred as tea. Otherwise route it through the residue or reject card with its destination and burden treatment.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed recovered tea fraction by destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea reference flow.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_residue_destination_records
Range: Recovered tea-fraction screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.20
- Unit: kg recovered tea product/kg graded input
- Basis: only the fraction with a declared tea-product hand-off
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Dry tea gate output (`tea_gate_output`)

This is the single reference-flow hand-off used for downstream LCA modelling. It is the post-grading dry tea amount after accounting for any declared secondary grades, recovered tea product, rejects, and storage losses.

Selected flow: Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: accepted dry tea crossing the declared gate, normalized to 1 kg
Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea reference flow.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_quality_and_storage_records
Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

Off-spec tea, rejects, and storage loss (`tea_reject_or_storage_loss`)

Identify every rejected or off-spec state and declare whether it is reworked, downgraded, recovered, returned to an upstream route, composted, used for energy recovery, or discarded. Do not count unresolved rejects as accepted tea output.

Selected flow: Off-spec tea and storage loss (route-specific UUID unresolved)
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed rejected, downgraded, damaged, or lost material by lot and storage period
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg dry tea reference flow.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_residue_destination_records
Range: Off-spec and storage-loss screening range
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 0.30
- Unit: kg rejected or lost tea/kg graded input
- Basis: grading rejects, handling loss, and storage loss before gate
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air (`tea_storage_emissions`)

Selected flow: Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured or method-calculated mass of Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air, retaining activity data, factors, substance basis and receiving compartment; normalize once to the declared reference output.
Value mode: calculated_value
Specificity: site_specific
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: storage_duration
Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
Collection protocol: cp_emission_records

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (`declared_reference_handoff`)

This node records the actual product handoff at the existing system boundary for reconciliation and reference-quantity normalization. It adds no physical processing and does not presume drying, cooling, storage, packaging or transport. Each data package declares one actual route, one terminal product state, moisture or dry-matter basis, and gate. Feed only the accepted product delivered by that route at that gate into this node; do not add other routes as extra inputs. Record co-products separately and apply Section 7. Count preceding inputs, losses and emissions once. Normalize using the measured accepted net mass at the handoff; this measurement node changes neither mass, yield nor allocation.

Inputs

Product flows

Actual route product at handoff (`actual_route_product_for_handoff`)

Record the accepted product delivered by the actual terminal route and reconcile it with handoff weighing and lot records.

Selected flow: Tea
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured accepted net product mass at the actual handoff, normalized to the reference quantity; do not sum preceding-stage quantities, other routes or co-products
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff
Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
- Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

This measurement node adds no waste inputs.

Elementary flows

This measurement node adds no resource inputs.

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (`reference_product_at_declared_handoff`)

Selected flow: Tea
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: 1 kg
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff Confirm the product UUID independently for the actual state. Until confirmed, retain unresolved identity instead of inheriting a UUID from a preceding stage or another route.
Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
- Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

Record actual losses at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

Elementary flows

Record actual emissions at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	applies_to	source_ids	rule
`allocation_01`	plantation_phase	`iso-14044-2006`; `ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`	Attribute perennial establishment, replacement, land occupation, and plantation management to the reporting-period tea output using the declared period and output basis; do not allocate the same phase burden again at processing.
`allocation_02`	route_batch	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`	Index inputs, outputs, cleaning, drying, changeover, and rejects by route, batch, campaign, or reporting period so shared runs cannot be counted twice.
`allocation_03`	marketable_tea_outputs	`iso-14044-2006`	Enumerate the accepted primary grade, marketable secondary grade, and recovered tea fraction when each is an intended tea output. Decision: use subdivision and direct measurement first; when outputs are physically inseparable, use allocation by measured dry tea mass as the default fallback, and disclose any economic allocation only as a documented sensitivity. Apply one method consistently to the affected process.
`allocation_04`	residues_and_rejects	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`	A residue is not a co-product merely because it has a possible use. Treat it as an intended output only when there is a declared hand-off, destination, and product-quality record; otherwise retain the producing process burden and route it as residue or waste.
`allocation_05`	route_alternatives	`iso-20715-2023-tea-classification`	Green, black, oolong, white, yellow, and dark routes are mutually exclusive per lot. Do not combine route burdens or assign oxidation, rolling, withering, fixation, or piling to a lot without route evidence.
`allocation_06`	multi_period_attribution	`iso-14044-2006`; `ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`	Link establishment, replacement, pruning, termination, inputs, outputs, and storage events to a reporting period or phase and prevent double attribution across periods.
`allocation_07`	rework_and_rejects	`mass-balance-identity`	Rework loops, downgrades, recovery, and boundary exits must link back to the producing node; accepted tea output excludes unresolved rejects and rejected material cannot be counted at two hand-offs.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Inventory completeness: conditional named cards are examples of individual exchanges, not an exhaustive recipe or a requirement to use those products. Before completing a foreground package, enumerate every actual planting stock, nutrient, crop-protection formulation, asset material, operating service, carrier, packaging material, waste stream and applicable elementary substance separately, using its physical identity, state, native property/unit, origin or receiving compartment, and measured or method-calculated quantity. Missing identity or quantity remains a completeness gap, never an assumed zero. Preserve the actual lot and phase basis; do not sum intermediate transfers as additional final output or duplicate burdens included in purchased services.

Retain raw site, lot, cycle and stage quantities and denominators in each collection protocol. Reconcile stocks, losses, moisture and co-product attribution first, then normalize: normalized exchange = attributable raw exchange × declared reference quantity / accepted hand-off product quantity on the same boundary and measurement basis. Apply perennial-establishment and shared-operation attribution before this normalization. Never set an internal-transfer quantity equal to the final reference quantity. Per declared reference flow means the amount, unit and product state in section 3; the data package must declare its actual route and gate.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
`cp_field_activity_records`	`tea_plantation_management`; `tea_plucking_collection`; `tea_green_leaf_handling`; `tea_grading_storage_gate`	plantation area and phase; field inputs; water; energy; land occupation	field register, invoice, application record, meter, GIS, and activity log	area; phase; cultivar; input_product; amount; nutrient_content; water; fuel; electricity; date; operation; reporting_period	reconcile physical inputs and operations to each block, activity, and crop cycle; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by physical identity, block, activity, and period; calculate nutrient mass without merging products	m2; m2·year; kg; L; MJ; kWh; date	each event and annual reporting period	establishment, replacement, productive crop cycle, harvest campaign, and reporting period	all included plantation blocks and associated pre-gate activities	per declared reference flow	invoices; labels; calibrated meters; field logs; GIS or block register
`cp_harvest_output_records`	`tea_plantation_management`; `tea_plucking_collection`	shoots; fresh leaf; harvested mass; harvest loss; receiving hand-off	weigh ticket, plucking register, yield record, and green-leaf receiving log	block; cultivar; plucking_date; shoot_standard; fresh_mass; harvest_loss; receiving_time; lot_id	reconcile harvested and received mass to the plucking lot and dry-tea route; Raw aggregation and attribution: preserve one-to-one plantation-to-green-leaf linkage and close harvested mass = received mass + loss	kg; date-time; lot identifier	every plucking lot and hand-off	complete crop cycle and harvest campaign	all harvested lots entering a selected route	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale; lot log; receiving record; moisture or quality record
`cp_processing_batch_records`	`tea_green_leaf_handling`; `tea_route_processing`	green leaf; route intermediates; dry made tea; processing residues; utility inputs	batch sheet, scale, moisture test, process log, utility meter, and fuel record	route; batch_id; input_state; intermediate_state; process_step; moisture; output; loss; fuel; electricity; water; operating_condition ; actual material/state/destination; representative stream measurement; all other component/stock terms; unexplained residual and uncertainty	reconcile each batch, route state, utility reading, moisture result, and mass balance; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate only after route, batch, utility, and mass reconciliation	kg; %; h; °C; L; MJ; kWh	every batch or campaign	reception through selected primary-processing route and drying	every selected route, batch, and processing facility within the gate	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale and moisture meter; batch sheet; meter reconciliation; route log
`cp_quality_and_storage_records`	`tea_grading_storage_gate`	accepted grade; secondary grade; recovered tea product; rejects; storage; gate output	grading log, sieve record, scale, warehouse log, and quality record	grade; destination; accepted_mass; secondary_mass; recovered_mass; reject_mass; storage_start; storage_end; condition; loss; gate_date	enumerate every grade and destination, then reconcile storage duration, loss, and gate hand-off; Raw aggregation and attribution: enumerate intended outputs and rejects; aggregate duration and quality by lot; exclude downstream logistics	kg; grade; day; temperature; humidity; date	every graded or stored lot	post-drying grading through the declared gate	all output destinations and storage included before the declared gate	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale; sieve or grading record; warehouse log; gate release record
`cp_residue_destination_records`	`tea_plantation_management`; `tea_plucking_collection`; `tea_green_leaf_handling`; `tea_route_processing`; `tea_grading_storage_gate`	pruning residue; harvest loss; process residue; reject; rework; recovery; disposal	residue log, waste transfer record, recovery invoice, and rework log	residue_state; amount; destination; recovery; rework; compost; disposal; producing_process; lot_id	link every residue or reject to its producing process and final destination; Raw aggregation and attribution: retain producing process and final disposition; do not double-count material returned or recovered	kg; destination; lot identifier	every batch, operation, or disposition event	crop cycle, harvest campaign, route batch, grading, and storage periods	all residue, reject, rework, and recovered-fraction destinations within the gate	per declared reference flow	residue ledger; transfer note; recovery invoice; rework record; destination evidence
`cp_emission_records`	`tea_plantation_management`; `tea_green_leaf_handling`; `tea_route_processing`; `tea_grading_storage_gate`	named emissions to air, water, or soil; storage dust; treatment outputs	measurement record, factor calculation, treatment log, and emission record	substance; medium; source; factor; measurement; treatment; reporting_period; lot_id	report measured or calculated emissions with the named substance, medium, source, and method; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by substance, medium, source, lot, and period; do not use broad unspecified categories	kg substance	each event or reporting-period calculation	field operations, processing, drying, grading, and included storage	all field and processing emission sources within the declared boundary	per declared reference flow	measurement record; factor provenance; treatment log; model version; QA review
`cp_declared_reference_handoff`	declared_reference_handoff	reference_product_at_declared_handoff	handoff weighing and acceptance records	route, terminal_output_row_id, product_state, gate, lot, net_mass_kg, moisture_basis, acceptance, tare	Use calibrated scales or traceable weighing records; reconcile the actual terminal-operation handoff lot, accepted net mass, product state and moisture; exclude packaging tare and do not sum preceding-stage quantities.	kg	each handoff lot	declared reporting period	declared handoff gate	per declared reference flow	calibration or weighing tickets, acceptance and lot traceability
`cp_phase1_environment_coverage`	tea_plantation_management	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	actual production nodes; soil/substrate route; climate/soil; nutrient product mass and composition; residue fate/N; relevant mineralisation/organic-soil/excreta activity; method/tier/equation/version; pathway factors and units; lime/urea; actual fuels; substance/compartment; supplier coverage	Collect original records by the actual responsible production node and matched lot/period; retain provenance, method applicability and uncertainty. Reconcile with existing protocols and provider coverage, do not add duplicate events. Explicitly document inapplicability; absent evidence is a gap.	native activity units; kg N or substance; area/time as applicable	event and annual/lot reconciliation	matched production/cohort period	all actual managed-production nodes	apply applicable coverage calculations then final normalization once	original records, method worksheets and applicability evidence

Calculation rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output
`calc_01`	tea_route_processing	Calculate route yield as dry tea mass divided by fresh leaf mass and retain both wet-basis and dry-basis moisture records.	fresh leaf mass, moisture, dry tea mass	fresh-to-dry yield ratio with measured moisture basis
`calc_02`	tea_plantation_management	Allocate area-time and phase burdens to the declared tea output for the reporting period without double attribution across establishment, replacement, and productive phases.	area, period, plantation phase, output	area-time and phase burdens attributed once to reporting-period output
`calc_03`	tea_plantation_management	Convert formulated fertilizer products to nutrient mass for N, P, and K records while preserving product identity for background datasets.	nutrient product records and nutrient content	separate product quantities and declared nutrient-component masses
`calc_04`	route-wide processes	Reconcile each batch by mass balance; unresolved difference is a validation finding and cannot be silently assigned to accepted tea.	batch inputs, intermediates, outputs, residues, losses	reconciled batch mass balance and unexplained differences
`calc_05`	tea_grading_storage_gate	Classify primary grade, secondary grade, recovered tea product, residue, reject, rework, and disposal according to the declared hand-off.	grade outputs and destinations	intended output, residue, reject and rework classification by destination
`calc_06`	route-wide shared operations	Allocate shared services to route and period records using the documented operational basis; prevent shared-run burdens from appearing in more than one product system.	route, batch, energy, changeover, storage period	shared-service burdens attributed once by route, batch and period
`chemical_species_mass_accounting`	`elementary_nutrient_emissions`	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	`cp_emission_records`; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data quality requirements

rule_id	Requirement
`quality_01`	Confirm Camellia sinensis, named tea type, route, lot, grade, moisture basis, and declared gate for every reference-flow dataset.
`quality_02`	Prefer measured weights, meter records, invoices, batch sheets, and named input records; mark modelled values and provisional ranges explicitly.
`quality_03`	Cover all included plantation blocks, plucking lots, processing batches, grades, residues, rejects, storage periods, and route changes in the reporting period.
`quality_04`	Use the same mass basis and unit conversions across fresh leaf, intermediates, dry tea, residues, and rejects; document density, heating value, or meter conversion where used.
`quality_05`	Disclose route-specific omissions, zero inputs, unresolved identities, upstream datasets, and all material exclusions from the gate.
`quality_06`	Replace provisional reasoned ranges with site records or source-backed evidence before a final reviewed or published dataset is issued.

Environmental Coverage Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
`calc_managed_environment_coverage`	actual managed-production nodes	For the actual owned managed-production node(s), require an applicability ledger for direct soil N2O, volatilisation/deposition-derived indirect N2O, leaching/runoff-derived indirect N2O, NH3/NOx and nutrient losses, plus actual liming/urea-use CO2. Primary calculation precedence is a representative pathway measurement, then a validated site/national method applicable to the crop, soil and management; otherwise use the compatible 2006 IPCC/2019-refined managed-soil equations and climate/input-specific factor selection for N2O and lime/urea CO2. Retain the exact edition, equation, tier, activity and factor units, climate and management applicability; no universal dose or emission factor is prescribed. Non-soil/protected routes need a method valid for their actual medium; do not force soil factors onto an inapplicable route. Use the same period/field N ledger for synthetic and organic additions, residues, actual relevant mineralisation/organic-soil and excreta pathways; demonstrate absent pathways rather than infer zero. Calculate direct and each indirect component separately, then assign each once to matching existing or new concrete cards; never add a total to its components. Convert N2O-N to molecular N2O by 44/28 once. NH3, NOx and nutrient/pesticide loss require an applicable measured or documented substance/fate model; total N/P or an unexplained balance residual is not a compound release. Keep actual receiving compartments and molecular versus elemental/reporting bases explicit; indirect formation does not remove the same N from the source ledger twice. Include actual local combustion releases separately using fuel-specific combustion-only methods; purchased electricity/heat/services retain upstream coverage once. Add one identity-specific exchange only for a supported release and reuse an existing matching card, with verified UUID or explicit unresolved identity. Missing applicable method/activity/factor/identity blocks completeness; it is not a justified zero. Attribute raw activity/release totals and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference	`review-ipcc-soils-2019`

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	applies_to	source_ids	rule
`validation_01`	identity	`iso-20715-2023-tea-classification`	The dataset must identify Camellia sinensis, one named tea type, one route, the dry-tea state, and the declared primary-processing gate.
`validation_02`	reference_flow	`mass-balance-identity`	The reference output must use `Tea` `d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525`, Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66`, Units of mass `93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66`, and 1 kg unless a reviewed identity correction is issued.
`validation_03`	route_completeness	`iso-20715-2023-tea-classification`; `fao-tea-chain-processing`	Exactly one named route must be selected. Every included route state must have a preceding input, a following hand-off, and a recorded output or loss; inapplicable states must not be counted.
`validation_04`	plantation_and_harvest	`ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`	Plantation phase, management inputs, plucking source, fresh-leaf output, and harvest loss must be linked to the same reporting period and lot or an identified upstream dataset.
`validation_05`	batch_and_changeover	`mass-balance-identity`	Batch, campaign, or continuous-run boundaries must link inputs, outputs, cleaning, changeover, yield, and shared services; no shared-run burden may be counted twice.
`validation_06`	outputs_and_allocation	`iso-14044-2006`	Every intended output and hand-off must be enumerated. Marketable secondary tea is separated from residue; one output cannot be counted at two hand-offs.
`validation_07`	rejects_and_rework	`mass-balance-identity`	Every rejected or off-spec state must have a rework, downgrade, recovery, disposal, or boundary-exit path. Accepted output excludes unresolved rejects.
`validation_08`	mass_balance	`mass-balance-identity`	Fresh leaf, route intermediates, dry tea, grade outputs, residues, rejects, storage losses, and declared evaporation or moisture changes must reconcile within the documented tolerance.
`validation_09`	data_quality	`iso-14044-2006`	Missing material records, unresolved route selection, missing gate qualifiers, unsupported range substitutions, and unexplained mass-balance differences are findings that block reviewed or published use.
`validation_10`	period_attribution	`ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`; `iso-14044-2006`	Establishment, replacement, productive phase, termination, inputs, outputs, and storage events must be linked to periods and must not be attributed twice.

Raw downloads

These files are byte-identical to the canonical files for this revision in the repository.

pcr.en-US.md90 KB · 4c83a4256aac…
manifest.yaml15 KB · b13f59131ef6…
pcr.zh-CN.md78 KB · 1e3061b0ccd0…
structured.yaml116 KB · 0933231cac68…

Structured rule index

This index comes from verified structured.yaml and retains the canonical English rule text.

System boundary rules · 7

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`system_boundary_rule_1`	foreground_system_boundary	The foreground boundary starts with the managed tea plantation and its establishment or replacement records for the reporting period. It includes field inputs, land occupation, plantation maintenance, plucking, collection, green-leaf handling, selected primary-processing route, drying, grading, storage to the declared gate, process rejects, residues, direct emissions, wastewater where generated, and all allocation decisions required to reconcile the lot.
`system_boundary_rule_2`	foreground_system_boundary	The boundary ends when dry, graded tea crosses the declared primary-processing gate before packaging presentation, retail, downstream distribution, consumer brewing, or beverage preparation. Background datasets for electricity, fuels, fertilizer products, crop-protection products, water supply, and treatment services are outside the foreground PCR boundary but are required when the foreground package uses them.
`boundary_01`	plantation_to_gate	Include the managed plantation, plucking, selected primary-processing route, drying, grading, and gate storage needed to produce the declared dry tea reference flow.	iso-20715-2023-tea-classification, iso-14044-2006
`boundary_02`	route_selection	Select one named tea route per lot and include only the route states that occur; do not count withering, oxidation, rolling, or yellowing when the selected route does not use that state.	iso-20715-2023-tea-classification, fao-jmpr-tea-processing-2016
`boundary_03`	gate_definition	The declared gate is after primary processing, drying, grading, and included storage, and before packaging presentation, retail, downstream distribution, consumer brewing, or beverage preparation.	iso-14044-2006
`boundary_04`	recursive_same_category_input	Same-category upstream tea input is a declared dataset input and must not be expanded recursively inside the receiving tea process.	mass-balance-identity
`boundary_05`	direct_emissions_and_residues	Record direct field and processing emissions, wastewater, dust, residues, rejects, and their destinations when they cross the foreground boundary or are required for mass reconciliation.	fao-jmpr-tea-processing-2016, ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu

Allocation rules · 7

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`allocation_01`	plantation_phase	Attribute perennial establishment, replacement, land occupation, and plantation management to the reporting-period tea output using the declared period and output basis; do not allocate the same phase burden again at processing.	iso-14044-2006, ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu
`allocation_02`	route_batch	Index inputs, outputs, cleaning, drying, changeover, and rejects by route, batch, campaign, or reporting period so shared runs cannot be counted twice.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_03`	marketable_tea_outputs	Enumerate the accepted primary grade, marketable secondary grade, and recovered tea fraction when each is an intended tea output. Decision: use subdivision and direct measurement first; when outputs are physically inseparable, use allocation by measured dry tea mass as the default fallback, and disclose any economic allocation only as a documented sensitivity. Apply one method consistently to the affected process.	iso-14044-2006
`allocation_04`	residues_and_rejects	A residue is not a co-product merely because it has a possible use. Treat it as an intended output only when there is a declared hand-off, destination, and product-quality record; otherwise retain the producing process burden and route it as residue or waste.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_05`	route_alternatives	Green, black, oolong, white, yellow, and dark routes are mutually exclusive per lot. Do not combine route burdens or assign oxidation, rolling, withering, fixation, or piling to a lot without route evidence.	iso-20715-2023-tea-classification
`allocation_06`	multi_period_attribution	Link establishment, replacement, pruning, termination, inputs, outputs, and storage events to a reporting period or phase and prevent double attribution across periods.	iso-14044-2006, ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu
`allocation_07`	rework_and_rejects	Rework loops, downgrades, recovery, and boundary exits must link back to the producing node; accepted tea output excludes unresolved rejects and rejected material cannot be counted at two hand-offs.	mass-balance-identity

Validation rules · 10

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`validation_01`	identity	The dataset must identify Camellia sinensis, one named tea type, one route, the dry-tea state, and the declared primary-processing gate.	iso-20715-2023-tea-classification
`validation_02`	reference_flow	The reference output must use Tea d16090ca-ddbe-4fd4-a498-fe4cab8bb525, Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, and 1 kg unless a reviewed identity correction is issued.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_03`	route_completeness	Exactly one named route must be selected. Every included route state must have a preceding input, a following hand-off, and a recorded output or loss; inapplicable states must not be counted.	iso-20715-2023-tea-classification, fao-tea-chain-processing
`validation_04`	plantation_and_harvest	Plantation phase, management inputs, plucking source, fresh-leaf output, and harvest loss must be linked to the same reporting period and lot or an identified upstream dataset.	ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu
`validation_05`	batch_and_changeover	Batch, campaign, or continuous-run boundaries must link inputs, outputs, cleaning, changeover, yield, and shared services; no shared-run burden may be counted twice.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_06`	outputs_and_allocation	Every intended output and hand-off must be enumerated. Marketable secondary tea is separated from residue; one output cannot be counted at two hand-offs.	iso-14044-2006
`validation_07`	rejects_and_rework	Every rejected or off-spec state must have a rework, downgrade, recovery, disposal, or boundary-exit path. Accepted output excludes unresolved rejects.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_08`	mass_balance	Fresh leaf, route intermediates, dry tea, grade outputs, residues, rejects, storage losses, and declared evaporation or moisture changes must reconcile within the documented tolerance.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_09`	data_quality	Missing material records, unresolved route selection, missing gate qualifiers, unsupported range substitutions, and unexplained mass-balance differences are findings that block reviewed or published use.	iso-14044-2006
`validation_10`	period_attribution	Establishment, replacement, productive phase, termination, inputs, outputs, and storage events must be linked to periods and must not be attributed twice.	ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu, iso-14044-2006

Processes and inputs/outputs · 6

Process ID	Process name	Input flows	Output flows
`tea_plantation_management`	Managed tea plantation management	10	2
`tea_plucking_collection`	Plucking and green-leaf collection	3	2
`tea_green_leaf_handling`	Green-leaf reception and primary conditioning	2	2
`tea_route_processing`	Route-specific tea processing and drying	1	12
`tea_grading_storage_gate`	Grading, storage, and primary-processing gate	3	6
`declared_reference_handoff`	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	1	1

Complete field inspector

Loads this record’s complete manifest and structured projection on demand; values are never truncated. Requires JavaScript.

Tea leaves and processed tea at the declared primary-processing gate

Content languages

Readiness

Classification mapping

Source

1. Scope and Applicability

2. Product Category Identity

3. Reference Flow

Functional unit

Reference flow object

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Boundary Rules

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

Route alternatives

Process: Managed tea plantation management (tea_plantation_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Tea planting material and replacement stock (tea_planting_material)

Fertilizer, urea input (tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs)

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate)

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Cattle manure, as applied input (tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Agricultural limestone input (tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone)

Irrigation and field water (tea_field_water_input)

Electricity, medium voltage input (tea_plantation_energy_input)

Diesel fuel input (tea_plantation_energy_input_diesel)

Elementary flows

Agricultural land occupation (tea_land_occupation)

Outputs

Product flows

Managed tea shoots available for plucking (tea_shoots_on_bush)

Waste flows

Pruned or removed plantation biomass (tea_plantation_residue)

Process: Plucking and green-leaf collection (tea_plucking_collection)

Inputs

Product flows

Tender tea shoots available for plucking (tea_plucking_source)

Electricity, medium voltage (tea_plucking_energy)

Diesel fuel (tea_plucking_energy_diesel)

Outputs

Product flows

Fresh tea leaves collected for processing (tea_fresh_leaf_collected)

Waste flows

Plucking loss and non-tea material (tea_plucking_loss)

Process: Green-leaf reception and primary conditioning (tea_green_leaf_handling)

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh tea leaves received (tea_green_leaf_input)

Green-leaf handling water (tea_green_leaf_water)

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared green leaf for route processing (tea_prepared_leaf)

Waste flows

Green-leaf reception reject and handling loss (tea_green_leaf_reject)

Process: Route-specific tea processing and drying (tea_route_processing)

Inputs

Product flows

Prepared green leaf entering the selected route (tea_route_leaf_input)

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Withered leaf intermediate (tea_withered_leaf)

Enzyme-inactivated or fixed leaf intermediate (tea_fixed_leaf)

Rolled, macerated, or shaped leaf intermediate (tea_rolled_leaf)

Oxidized or partially oxidized leaf intermediate (tea_oxidized_leaf)

Dry made tea before grading (tea_dried_made_tea)

Waste flows

Route-specific tea processing residue and dust (tea_processing_residue)

Processing and drying loss (tea_processing_loss)

Elementary flows

Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air (tea_drying_direct_emissions)

Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air (tea_drying_direct_emissions_co2_biogenic)

Methane, to air (tea_drying_direct_emissions_ch4)

Dinitrogen monoxide, to air (tea_drying_direct_emissions_n2o)

Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air (tea_drying_direct_emissions_dust)

Process: Grading, storage, and primary-processing gate (tea_grading_storage_gate)

Inputs

Process: Managed tea plantation management (`tea_plantation_management`)

Tea planting material and replacement stock (`tea_planting_material`)

Fertilizer, urea input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs`)

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate`)

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Cattle manure, as applied input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Agricultural limestone input (`tea_plantation_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone`)

Irrigation and field water (`tea_field_water_input`)

Electricity, medium voltage input (`tea_plantation_energy_input`)

Diesel fuel input (`tea_plantation_energy_input_diesel`)

Agricultural land occupation (`tea_land_occupation`)

Managed tea shoots available for plucking (`tea_shoots_on_bush`)

Pruned or removed plantation biomass (`tea_plantation_residue`)

Process: Plucking and green-leaf collection (`tea_plucking_collection`)

Tender tea shoots available for plucking (`tea_plucking_source`)

Electricity, medium voltage (`tea_plucking_energy`)

Diesel fuel (`tea_plucking_energy_diesel`)

Fresh tea leaves collected for processing (`tea_fresh_leaf_collected`)

Plucking loss and non-tea material (`tea_plucking_loss`)

Process: Green-leaf reception and primary conditioning (`tea_green_leaf_handling`)

Fresh tea leaves received (`tea_green_leaf_input`)

Green-leaf handling water (`tea_green_leaf_water`)

Prepared green leaf for route processing (`tea_prepared_leaf`)

Green-leaf reception reject and handling loss (`tea_green_leaf_reject`)

Process: Route-specific tea processing and drying (`tea_route_processing`)

Prepared green leaf entering the selected route (`tea_route_leaf_input`)

Withered leaf intermediate (`tea_withered_leaf`)

Enzyme-inactivated or fixed leaf intermediate (`tea_fixed_leaf`)

Rolled, macerated, or shaped leaf intermediate (`tea_rolled_leaf`)

Oxidized or partially oxidized leaf intermediate (`tea_oxidized_leaf`)

Dry made tea before grading (`tea_dried_made_tea`)

Route-specific tea processing residue and dust (`tea_processing_residue`)

Processing and drying loss (`tea_processing_loss`)

Carbon dioxide, fossil, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions`)

Carbon dioxide, biogenic, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_co2_biogenic`)

Methane, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_ch4`)

Dinitrogen monoxide, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_n2o`)

Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air (`tea_drying_direct_emissions_dust`)

Process: Grading, storage, and primary-processing gate (`tea_grading_storage_gate`)

Dry made tea received for grading (`tea_grading_input`)

Electricity, medium voltage (`tea_grading_energy`)

Diesel fuel (`tea_grading_energy_diesel`)

Accepted primary tea grade at gate (`tea_primary_grade_output`)

Marketable secondary tea grade (`tea_secondary_grade_output`)

Recovered tea dust or small-particle tea product (`tea_recovered_fraction_output`)

Dry tea gate output (`tea_gate_output`)

Off-spec tea, rejects, and storage loss (`tea_reject_or_storage_loss`)

Particulate matter, particle size unspecified, to air (`tea_storage_emissions`)

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (`declared_reference_handoff`)

Actual route product at handoff (`actual_route_product_for_handoff`)

Reference product at declared handoff (`reference_product_at_declared_handoff`)