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Bai Mudan (Chinese: 白 牡 丹; pinyin: bái mǔdān; Wade–Giles: pai 2 mu 3-tan 1; lit. 'white peony') is a type of white tea made from plucks each with one leaf shoot and two immediate young leaves (one bud two leaf ratio) of the Camellia sinensis plant. [1]
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae.Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea.Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or the genus Leptospermum commonly called tea tree).
Finger Lakes Tea Company in upstate New York planted 55,000 tea plants in 2014, but most died during the 2015 winter season. [30] A company in Mount Vernon, Texas started cultivating and selling tea in. [ 31 ] An attempt by the same growers began in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 2015 and expanded in 2016 with Nepalese and Sochi seed-stock. [ 32 ]
Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and – depending on the type of tea – typically 60–100 °C hot water. Tea leaves are processed using traditional Chinese methods. Chinese tea is drunk throughout the day, including during meals, as a substitute for plain water, for health, or for simple pleasure.
Theaceae (/ θ i ˈ eɪ s i i /), the tea family, is a family of flowering plants comprising shrubs and trees, including the economically important tea plant, and the ornamental camellias. It can be described as having from seven to 40 genera , depending on the source and the method of circumscription used.
Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, is of major commercial importance because tea is made from its leaves. The species C. sinensis is the product of many generations of selective breeding to bring out desirable qualities for tea. However, many other camellias can be used to produce a similar beverage.