Tea
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Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by infusion of hot or boiling fresh water with fresh or cured leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia that originated in the borderland
Longjing green tea being infused in a gaiwan
Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, 1897
A 19th-century Japanese painting depicting Shennong: Chinese legends credit Shennong with the invention of tea.
Tea with ingredients, China
Green tea
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Green tea is a type of tea made from the leaves and buds of the Camellia sinensis that have not undergone the withering and oxidation process that creates oolong teas and black teas. Green tea origina
Tea
…Tea is divided into categories based on how it is processed. At least six different types are produced: Green: unwilted and unoxidized; Yellow: unwilted and unoxidized but allowed to yellow…
The appearance of green tea in three different stages (from left to right): the infused leaves, the dry leaves, and the liquid.
Longjing, a green tea from Zhejiang, China
Tea field in Boseong, South Korea
The tea fields in the foothills of Gorreana, Azores Islands, Portugal: the only European region other than Georgia to support green tea production.