Wherever Chinese people go, you can bet to find tea in there someplace.  The Chinese were the first to discover the tea leaf.  There are many fairytale stories about the discovery of tea, but the most common is a monk meditating who plucked a leaf and started chewing on it.  He found out that it made him more alert and tasted good too.  After that you can only imagined what followed…Anyways, we all know how great tea tastes, but it is also the healthiest thing to drink on this planet.  It is the most consumed beverage in this world besides water.  Tea contains many vitamins, tea derivatives, essential oils, and fluoride.  It is a diuretic, attributed with the properties of improving the eyesight and increasing alertness, so we believe that tea drinkers enjoy an increased life span and all around better health.

 What is Tea?  Tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant.  All true teas come from this plant with the exception of herbal/flower tisanes and some other “teas” that are just made up of some other plant material.  You may ask yourself, “Then why are there so many different types of teas out there?” Because it is the process of the tea leaves after they are picked which determines the out come of the final tea.  It really is very simple, but everyone gets confused somewhere along the way.  The three most common teas are Green, Oolong, and Black/Red.