Understand tea
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Types of tea
- The tea plantation
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Tea growing countries
- History of tea
- Tea grades
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Tea ceremonies
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Benefits of tea
The different types of tea
Green tea, black tea, white tea, dark tea or red tea: tea comes in all colours and each colour corresponds to a very particular type of tea. At the root of this diversity is just the one plant: the tea plant, but its leaves have been processed in different ways and have undergone numerous transformations.
The most important of these is fermentation, a chemical reaction that takes place as a result of enzymes contained in the fresh leaf. By setting off and controlling this process the tea planter gives its selected colour to the tea.
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The tea plantation
