It may come as a surprise, but yes, you can grow and make your own tea right here in San Diego County’s backyards and balconies. Traditional tea is harvested from the evergreen shrub Camellia sinensis ...

EVER SINCE leaves from the Camellia sinensis tree inadvertently landed in the emperor’s cup of boiling water in 2737 B.C., people have been fascinated with tea. Some of the allure is purely chemical.

Somewhere around the world, it has long been tea time. Few garden plants come with as long a history as tea (Camelia sinensis). For thousands of years, the caffeinated perennial was harvested for its ...

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The Red List of Theaceae, the tea family, published by the Global Trees Campaign (a joint initiative between Fauna & Flora International and Botanic Gardens Conservation International), has identified ...

Black, green, oolong, and white tea come from the Camellia sinensis plant — also known as the tea plant. The leaf extract is the oil from its leaves (1). Camellia sinensis or tea leaf extract has ...