Re: Summertime...

and then there is Kunzea ambigua - Victorian Bottle Green Tea Tree

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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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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