The Fascinating World of Green Tea
By Nina Gruntkowski Although there are just two varieties of tea plants (Camellia sinensis from China and Camellia assamica from India), there is many many different terroirs in many different countries which produce thousands of different styles of tea. What makes it even more complicated, or, depending on ones viewpoint, even more interesting, is that the preparation method has a very big influence on the taste of the tea. Factors such as which water is used, the temperature of the water, how much tea is used, which teapot the tea is prepare in, which…Read more