Re: Summertime...

Yeah, tea is made from the leaves of a camellia [Camellia sinensis]. I 
think black and green are the same leaves, just processed differently. 
Black may be fermented before it's dried--something like that. I think 
all that oolong, darjeeling, assam stuff has to do with where it's 
grown. But I ready to be corrected by anyone who wants to google it.


On Apr 5, 2008, at 6:25 PM, David Franzman wrote:

> Hey Jim and all
>
> You raised a question I have been wondering for a while. Perhaps a
> stupid question but what kind of plant is green tea from? and are you
> saying that black tea is a camelia? I had no idea.
>
>
> DF
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2008 2:49:17 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Summertime...
>
> and the livin' is easy. Maybe. But whatever. It seems to have suddenly
> arrived, easy or not. It's been in the low 80s for a week or so and the
> forecast is for it to remain so for the foreseeable future. Lots of
> stuff is blooming, but there always is here--orchids, begonias, petrea,
> jatropha, on and on.
>
> I just saw an interview with the guy that established the Honest T
> company. It raised a question for me--since tea is the dried leaf of a
> camellia species, I wonder if I'll be able to grow one in Oregon. I
> tried here a couple of times and couldn't, too warm. Might be fun to
> really do it.
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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