TEA:  AIKEN  SOUTH  CAROLINA

The CURIOSITY Shop is pleased to announce the arrival of our Fall Shipment of Leaf Teas.

WHITE

SENCHA

LUNG CHING

GENMAICHA

MATCHA

OOLONG

DARJEELING

ESTATE

ASSAM

BLACK

PU-ERH

FLAVOURED  BLACKs

RED

MASALA

GREEN

FLAVOURED  GREEN

and TISANES

CAMELLIA  SINENSIS

A tropical and sub-tropical evergreen plant whose leaves are harvested and cured in order to produce white, green, oolong, pu-erh, and black teas.  Its two main varieties are Camellia Sinensis varation sinensis, or Chinese Tea, and Camellia sinensis variation assamica, or Assam tea (NOTE: Assam is a state in Northeast India that produces more tea than any other region in the world). The plant also goes by the names tea plant, tea tree, and tea shrub, and is usually trimmed to below six-and-a-half feet when cultivated for its leaves.  If a drink is truly tea (as opposed to an herbal infusion), it must be derived from the leaves of this bush.  - FRESH CUP August 2012