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    Scientific Name: Camellia Sinensis: Common Name: Tea Plant

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    Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen shrub that produces white flowers in the fall and winter. Tea leaves can be processed using different methods to produce green or black tea. To make tea, the leaves are plucked, withered, rolled or crushed, dried, and then brewed in hot water. Tea has numerous health benefits and has been consumed worldwide for thousands of years.

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    Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen shrub that produces white flowers in the fall and winter. Tea leaves can be processed using different methods to produce green or black tea. To make tea, the leaves are plucked, withered, rolled or crushed, dried, and then brewed in hot water. Tea has numerous health benefits and has been consumed worldwide for thousands of years.

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    Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen shrub that produces white flowers in the fall and winter. Tea leaves can be processed using different methods to produce green or black tea. To make tea, the leaves are plucked, withered, rolled or crushed, dried, and then brewed in hot water. Tea has numerous health benefits and has been consumed worldwide for thousands of years.

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    Scientific Name: Camellia Sinensis: Common Name: Tea Plant

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    Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen shrub that produces white flowers in the fall and winter. Tea leaves can be processed using different methods to produce green or black tea. To make tea, the leaves are plucked, withered, rolled or crushed, dried, and then brewed in hot water. Tea has numerous health benefits and has been consumed worldwide for thousands of years.

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    Scientific name: Camellia sinensis


    Common name: Tea plant
    Family: Theaceae
    Origin: Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka and India to Assam and China
    Cold tolerance: 24-26 F

    Chinese saying:
    Better to be deprived of food for three days, than of tea for one.

    Yes, tea comes from a camellia! It is a small evergreen usually pruned back to shrubs in cultivation, with strong
    taproot giving rise to a surface. It has interesting white flowers with golden stamens in fall and winter. The
    plants are slow growing and best kept to a height of 4 ft. by pruning. Plant in a well draining soil in the sun or
    partial shade, or keep them in a container.

    Tea is the second most commonly drank liquid on earth after water. It has numerous medicinal benefits mainly
    due to its antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Tea has been consumed socially and habitually by people
    for so long (since 3000 BC), that aside from the astringent taste and boost it provides, its medicinal properties
    are often over-looked. However, traditional healers have long believed that drinking tea is a means of
    prolonging life.

    It has been known to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and support cardiovascular health. All types of tea come
    from the same plant. Different rolling and drying techniques can be used with the same plant to produce both
    green and black tea.

    How to Make Tea


    Plucking. Cut off twigs with 2-3 of the younger fresher leaves (first flush), then pull off the individual leaves.
    This also prunes the bush and encourages new growth. The best tea is made from freshly formed new leaves.

    Withering. Lay the leaves out on a sheet of paper in a warm place for 24 hours to wither and lose about 40%
    of their moisture.

    Rolling and Drying

    Japanese Style Green Tea Orthodox Indian Tea


    Roll the leaves long ways as tightly as Roll the leaves in a circular motion using both hands. Press
    possible between both hands to produce together as hard as possible to crush and break the leaves. Put
    long twists of whole leaf. Place on a sheet the leaves in a paper bag for a day or two to ferment and lose
    of foil in a warm oven (below 245 degrees) some of their “greenness” and to develop a drier tea character.
    for a maximum of 5 minutes. This dries the Remove and stalk and stem, roll briefly, and dry on a sheet of foil
    leaf and stops further fermentation. Do not in a warm oven (below 245 degrees) for a maximum of 5
    burn the tea! minutes. Do not burn the tea!

    Brewing. Both of these processing methods maintain the leaf size and produce a light tea with natural aroma.
    Place a few leaves in a pot, or Chinese style in a bowl, add boiling water and allow the tea to brew. Enjoy!

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