R.J. Tea House

WHAT IS TEA? Genuine tea is made from the dried leaves of the tea plant (the Camellia sinensis) which was originally grown and farmed in China and was found in India to be naturally growing. Other countries such as Japan were introduced to the concept of tea by the European traders & Chinese monks. In modern times there are over 3000 different types of tea and each individual tea has been uniquely named for the area where it is grown. Each tea has a different way of preparing the leaves. Green tea is prepared by steaming fresh-picked leaves before heat-drying. Black tea is prepared by allowing picked tea leaves to completely ferment before firing. Oolong teas are only partially fermented. White tea is the least processed. It is merely withered and dried by steaming it.