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Re: green tea

Posted By: wintermute, on host 24.209.9.85
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 18:12:41
In Reply To: green tea posted by Howard on Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 16:23:11:

> I'm sitting here sipping green tea. I wonder if they call it that because it is from a certain variety of tea plant, or because it was made from tea that wasn't ripe yet. Does anybody know?
> Howard

Not exactly "unripe", but the youngest leaves of the tea plant, which is Camellia sinensis just like black tea. It's also processed less, so that it oxidises as little as possible.

wintermute

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Re: green tea - Howard - Fri, 2/3/2006, 09:45:54

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