There are always many doubts around tea types and the question that always comes to mind is What is the difference between Black tea vs Green tea?
In reality, there are almost as many types of tea as there are producers, as the processes of cultivation, harvesting, drying, fermenting, mixing, packaging and marketing are endless.
The most popular are black tea and green tea, but there are other varieties depending on their production process — white, yellow, red, blue.
Or their origin — Darjeeling (India), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Formosa (Taiwan), or Assan (northeast India).
However, all teas come from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis. It doesn’t matter if it’s green, black, white, or red tea. The difference is its processing.
Tea leaves dry out and although many people think they are left to ferment, what actually happens is an oxidation-controlled humidity and temperature.
If the oxidation process is long, black tea is obtained, and if it is shorter, green tea.
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