White Tea is an exotic variety of tea. The unopened buds of the tea plants have silver white hairs. Therefore this tea is called white tea. This type of tea is very lightly oxidized. Darjeeling White Tea and Nilgiri White Tea are two famous tea brands in this category. The first variety has a floral […]
Hibiscus Sabdariffa is a sub tropical and tropical plant. It is a bushy plant which gives large size flowers of crimson, magenta and reddish hue colours. Tea is made from the dried flowers or even fresh flowers. The flowers are used in making other beverages also. Various parts of the plant are used for making […]
Kombucha tea is not a separate variety of tea leaf like black tea or green tea. It is in fact a fermented drink which is made of tea, sugar, yeast and bacteria. It is also sometimes called Kombucha Mushroom Tea. So kombucha may refer to a variety of fermented drink made of black tea or […]
Black tea is made from the leaves of the shrub Camellia Sinensis. Oolong, Green and White tea are also made from the leaves of the same plant. The difference is the way the leaves are fermented. Assamese tea shrubs have large leaves whereas Chinese tea plants have smaller leaves. Assamese tea plant leaves are mostly […]
Green Tea is made from leaves of Camellia Sinensis. It is called green tea because the leaves of the plants go through minimum oxidation during processing. Due to its beneficial properties this tea is becoming as popular as black tea. It has become so popular that it is now being added to many beverages, dietary […]
Rooibos in Afrikaans means red bush. It is a broom like plant which grows in South Africa. The leaves of this plant are used to make herbal tea which is called Rooibos Tea or Bush Tea. It is also known as Red Bush Tea in Great Britain. Rooibos is cultivated in mountainous areas of South […]
Yerba Mate is a beverage like tea and coffee. It is pronounced as yer-bah mah-tay. It is made from leaves of holly tree which are found in abundance in South American rain forest. The leaves of holly tree are naturally caffeinated and are also nourishing. This beverage has been used for centuries by Guyaki tribe […]
Green tea, arguably the healthiest variety of the tea industry, is made from unfermented leaves which are pale in color and bitter in taste, produced mainly in Japan and China. Green tea was originated in China, but it has become associated with many cultures throughout Asia. It can be prepared as a beverage. Green tea […]
