camellia sinensis
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Categories: Miscellaneous
Tags: camellia sinensis, growing tea, Narien Teas, tea seeds
Post date: April 3, 2009
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Once upon a time, Camellia sinensis (the tea plant) was only found in Southeast Asia, especially China. But when you’re onto a good thing, it’s all but impossible to keep it exclusively to yourself. Camellia sinensis spread to Japan in the 6th century; Chinese tea plants were subversively stolen by the British Empire to begin plantations in India, and later Sri Lanka; and in recent decades, tea production has exploded in parts of Africa and South America.
And now, you can grow tea in your own backyard.
Categories: White tea
Tags: Bai Hao Yin Zhen, Bai Mudan, Beginner's Guide to Tea, caffeine content of tea, camellia sinensis, chinese teas, Fujian Province, silver needle, tea health, white peony
Post date: January 19, 2009
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White tea is one of the most rare teas around, produced with unopened budsets or the first leaves of the tea plant. Traditionally, it also only comes from one specific region in China. Learn all about this highly prized tea.
Categories: Oolong tea
Tags: Beginner's Guide to Tea, caffeine content of tea, camellia sinensis, chinese teas, formosa fancy silvertips, formosan teas, Oolong tea, tea health, ti kuan yin, tung ting jade oolong, wild-grown tieguanyin, wu yi
Post date: January 7, 2009
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Can’t pick an oolong from a green tea? This quick introduction to oolong tea (also known as wulong tea) explains what it is, where it’s grown, what its health benefits are, and much more.
Categories: Green tea
Tags: Beginner's Guide to Tea, camellia sinensis, chinese teas, dragon well, gen mai cha, Green tea, gunpowder green, Gyokuro, Japanese teas, jasmine tea, longjing, matcha, Sencha, tea health
Post date: January 1, 2009
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Ever wondered where green tea is grown? What its health benefits are? Where you can buy it online? In this article, I answer seven questions people commonly have about green tea.