The development of texture during the β€ β β£ transformation of a deformed and β€-annealed alloy of Ti-5Ta-1.8Nb has been studied using electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) technique. The microstructures that develop during the above transformation have been characterized and correlated to their mechanism of formation. The X-ray diffraction studies of the wire-drawn alloy suggested a development of characteristic (1 0.0) type of deformation texture. Diffusion controlled slow transformation of the alloy from above the β€-transus resulted in a completely different type of texture. The microstructure of this transformation product consisted of colonies of alternate lamella of coarse-β£ and fine-β€ together with β£ along the prior-β€ grain boundary. EBSD results show that the crystallographic orientation of β£ lamellae within a colony remains same and changes across the colonies. The observation of a high full width at half maximum (FWHM) due to scatter of the β£ poles suggests a deviation from an exact Burgers relation. Comparison of experimentally measured misorientation angle between different β£-colonies with calculated values based on Burgers relation enabled the identification of orientation of the parent-β€ grain. Thus a method to characterise the diffusion controlled β€ β β£ + β€ transformation in the Ti-5Ta-1.8Nb alloy has been developed combining microscopy with EBSD studies.