Tea Time


"Sweet dreams are made of tea"

hands holding a clear tea kettle and pouring steaming hot tea into a clear tea cup

Tea is a beverage produced by steeping in freshly boiled water the young leaves and leaf buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Two principal varieties are used, the small-leaved China plant (C. sinensis variety sinensis) and the large-leaved Assam plant (C. sinensis variety assamica). Hybrids of these two varieties are also grown. The leaves may be fermented or left unfermented.

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