About each component of tea

Know more about each component of the tea including the plants, the fruit, the root and other ingredients.

Tea component
Camellia sinensis is a species of the Theaceae family, popularly known as tea.

It is a tree up to 15 meters high native to the forests of northeastern India and southern China. It has oblong, dark, lustrous leaves with well-marked ridges on the surfaces, with a full dent margin, and the youngest leaves are covered with small white trichomes.

This species is extensively cultivated worldwide, particularly in Sri Lanka, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania, and Malawi.

In the archipelago of the Azores, this plant is cultivated in some plantations, especially on the island of São Miguel, which makes them the only tea plantations of Camellia Sinensis known throughout Europe.

This same species gives rise to thousands of different teas, according to the conditions of cultivation, collection, preparation and conditioning of the leaves. However, all these products can be divided into four distinct categories:

• White tea (unfermented, produced from the tenderest leaves, rarer and more expensive),
• Green tea (lightly fermented),
• Oolong tea (with medium fermentation, basically getting between green and black tea, but with tasting
• characteristics usually more about green tea), and
• Black tea (well fermented, and strong).

Medical use

This species has been studied by pharmacologists and biochemists for the properties observed in tea.

We have discovered substances in this plant capable of combating:

• ulcers,
• Muscle spasms,
• hypertension,
• apathy,
• Some bacterial infections, and
• Block the replication of Human Influenza viruses type A and HIV-1.

The most common teas based on Camelia Sinensis are:

About each component of White tea, Green tea, Oolong Tea
White tea
Green tea
Oolong Tea – Oolong is a type of traditional tea from China, among them, are some of the most precious and rare Chinese teas., The Oolong is characterized by its long curled leaves and is known for its help properties To weight loss. In the culture of teas, oolongs are also known as qing cha or blue tea.
Black tea