Types of tea Plants
To understand what makes black tea black and green tea green, it’s important to know that all tea originates from the same exact plant—Camellia sinensis. It’s the variety of tea plant and how the plant’s leaves are processed that define if a tea becomes black or green.
Not only does it taste good but chamomile tea has a number of health benefits as well. Plus, there is something so calming about the process of making tea from chamomile you’ve grown yourself. If you’ve never thought about growing your own chamomile tea plant for tea brewing, now’s the time.
In China, tea is categorized into six types: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, blue-green tea, red tea, and dark tea. This classification more or less reflects the color of the tea leaves once they have been processed. It is the various processing techniques that make all the difference: The same leaf can be processed into any of the six types.
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Leaves from sencha, gyokuro, kabusecha and even bancha can be deep-steamed. When this happens, the name gains the fukamushi prefix, for example fukamushi genmaicha (深蒸し玄米茶). However, most of the time it’s fukamushi sencha (深蒸し煎茶), and sometimes people say fukamushicha to refer to deep-steamed sencha.
Genmaicha is green tea combined with roasted brown rice, some grains of which have popped. Genmaicha (玄米茶, "brown rice tea"), is a Japanese brown rice green tea consisting from green tea combined with roasted popped brown rice.
The ginger we grow in Teatulia ® ’s USDA-certified organic tea garden in Northern Bangladesh is what we use to produce our Ginger Herbal Tea blend—a warm, rich and spicy herbal blend of ginger and vasaka leaf.
While all green tea originates from the same plant species, there are different types of green tea grown and produced all over the world today, including China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Hawaii and even South Carolina.
Gyokuro (Japanese: 玉 露, "jade dew") is a type of shaded green tea from Japan. It differs from the standard sencha (a classic unshaded green tea) in being grown under the shade rather than the full sun.
Hibiscus inhibits the production of amylase, which helps in the absorption of carbohydrates and starch, so drinking hibiscus tea prevents the absorption from occurring. Therefore, hibiscus tea is found in many weight loss products. Summer & Winter Drink. You can drink hibiscus tea either as a hot tea or an iced tea.
The leaves of this roasted tea have a crimson-brown colour, along with a strong, nutty aroma. Teaware The teaware used for hojicha is the same that you would use for sencha.
The shaded tea known as gyokuro differs from kabusecha in that it is shaded for a longer period: about 20 days. Special nets (kabuse) are hung over the plants to obtain a natural shade without completely blocking out sunlight. Kabusecha Sencha has a mellower flavour and more subtle colour than Sencha grown in direct sunlight.
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Although it is processed differently, the matcha tea comes from the same tea plant (Camellia sinensis) as other teas. Tea can be grown outside in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 9, but grown well in containers in other areas.
Oolong is neither a black tea nor a green tea; it falls into its own category of tea. Yet an oolong may end up with more black tea characteristics or more green tea characteristics depending on the direction the tea master takes in the processing of the tea.
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Pu-erh tea is made from the leaves and stems of the Camellia sinensis plant. This is the same plant that is used for making green, oolong, and black teas. Though the same source plant is used, the different teas are made by using different processes.
Rooibos is harvested and processed in a similar fashion to the Camillia sinensis tea plant. When harvested, the bushy rooibos plant is cut by hand and its stems and leaves are bound into bundles. The bundles are sorted and then cut or bruised to encourage oxidation.
Sage tea is also found in tea blends such as blackberry sage tea. Other Types of Sage Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is the type of sage available in most grocery stores and used to make most commercial sage tea bags.
Sencha (煎茶) is a type of Japanese ryokucha (緑茶, green tea) which is prepared by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water. This is as opposed to matcha (抹茶), powdered Japanese green tea, where the green tea powder is mixed with hot water and therefore the leaf itself is included in the beverage.
Tea can be grown outside in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 9, but grown well in containers in other areas. Tea should be planted where it will receive part shade as well as protection from winds.
White tea is known to be one of the most delicate tea varieties because it is so minimally processed. White tea is harvested before the tea plant’s leaves open fully, when the young buds are still covered by fine white hairs, hence the name “white” tea.
Yellow tea is one of the green teas variant counterparts. This is well known for its fruity, sweet, smooth, and savoury aroma. Compared to typical tea preparation, the leaves are dampened and allowed to yellow.