Tea camellia (Camellia sinensis) grows to about 10 feet tall and has been in cultivation for 3,000 years. New leaves are harvested to produce tea from plants that are kept pruned to waist high.
As a passionate tea practitioner, Cooper has tried growing her own camellia sinensis tea plant at home in the inner suburb of Brisbane. She finds it challenging to grow tea plants in the hot ...
Blue tea, also known as Oolong tea, is a traditional Chinese beverage with a blueish hue derived from the Camellia sinensis plant. It can change colour depending on what it's mixed with due to its ...
One isn’t necessarily “healthier” than the other. Both green and black tea are made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. One difference is that black tea leaves are first rolled ...
Matcha is a finely ground powder of green tea leaves, which come from the plant Camellia sinensis. This is the same plant used to make green and black tea. However, the production process ...
Whether it's a green, oolong or a classic breakfast tea, all tea types come from one plant – the camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub that can provide a wide variety of flavours depending on ...