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Re: camellia sinensis

At 3:44 PM +1000 9/9/98, Carol Copperud wrote:
>I have a "green tea" camellia (not exactly mediterranean) that I've had for
>about three years.  I noticed while weeding out my garden thug (wish I knew
>the name--it's a rampant ground cover that has leaves that look like celery
>leaves--although only one leaf per stem, and pretty yellow, buttercup-type
>flowers occasionally--covers a lot of boring bare patches under some hybrid
>teas, and goes through the summer well, if watered)
Buttercup?
--anyway, I noticed that
>this still-small shrub had FRUIT on it--hard, green, round fruits about the
>size of cherry tomatoes and smaller.  I called ever-useful Berkeley Hort,
>who assured me that this is a normal, although not annual event.  I blame
>it on El Nino (unless it's La Nina's doing).
>
>So, are they useful for anything?  And what about the leaves?  Has anyone
>actually ever made green tea from this plant?  How does one do it?
Take leaf, add to cup, add hot water, taste, add more leaves, taste
drink because you know it is good for you and then go get a good cup of coffee.

Michael Bailes.
Herbarist
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