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 ...

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 ...

Both matcha and green tea are derived from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, but that is where their similarities end.

For matcha, the tea plant is grown in shade ... Chlorophyll gives plants such as Camellia sinensis their green colour. There’s some evidence chlorophyll may have health benefits – including ...