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	Information on Tea plant
		Tea bug (Zool.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves.
		Tea plant (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.
		Tea urn, a vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing, tea.
	www.wkonline.com /d/Tea_plant.html (680 words)

	Weeds CRC: Senegal tea plant
		Senegal tea plant can grow as an erect, rounded bush up to 1 m tall, but is more commonly found as a scrambling form extending from the edges of waterways and forming dense tangled mats in open water.
		Senegal tea plant is a declared weed in all states and territories except Victoria and the Northern Territory.
		Senegal tea plant is mainly spread through human activities, particularly the careless disposal of aquarium plants in creeks and drains.
	www.weeds.crc.org.au /main/wom_senegal_0305.html (924 words)

	CuisineNet Digest: Tea Introduction
		The dark substances that form while the tea leaves are exposed to the air are produced by the chemical reactions of the tannins in the tea.
		The climate and terrain in the area where tea shrubs are grown have a considerable effect on the flavor of the harvest, so regions of origin are often a part of a tea's name.
		Tea made from leaves picked in May and early June is light and flowery; the best, most complex, and most expensive teas are made from leaves harvested in June and July.
	www.cuisinenet.com /digest/ingred/tea/index.shtml (1424 words)

	Classification of tea: TRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While the nomenclature of the tea plant was finally settled, the position of the two texa represented by the China and the Assam plants remained open.
		Wight in 1962 proposed the specific rank Camellia sinensis (L) for the China tea plant, Camellia assamica (Masters) for the Assam tea plant and the sub-specific rank Camellia assamica sub sp.
		Morphological characters of the three races of tea plants were studied in detail at Tocklai.
	www.tocklai.org /about_tea/tea_class.htm (679 words)

	AllRefer.com - tea : History, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
		Tea was cultivated in China in prehistoric times and was probably first used as a vegetable relish (as it was in American colonies and still is in some parts of Asia) and medicinally.
		The tea ceremony of Japan was introduced from China in the 15th cent.
		Tea was first imported into Europe by the Dutch East India Company in the early 17th cent., and its subsequent popularity played an important role in the opening of Asia to Western commerce.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/tea-history.html (267 words)

	History of The Assam Tea Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Assam tea plant was discovered by Robert Bruce, who is supposed to have seen plants growing wind in some hills near Rangpur ( near present Sibsagar), then the capital of Assam, which he visited in 1823 on a trading mission.
		In response to circular, the commissioner of Assam, F.Jenkins, made a strong case in favour of tea cultivation in Assam where tea plants were found growing wild in forests.
		Having seen the tea bushes Wallich expressed the view that there is no need to import tea seeds from China, while Griffith favoured importation of the China seed because " a wild plant is not likely to give as good a produce than one which has been cultivated for centuries".
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /Tea/Info/history_assam.htm (568 words)

	Mashtea Gholee CyberTeaHouse - Dedicated to Hot Tea and Best Quality Tea in the World
		The tea plant itself is Camellia sinensis, a native of Southeast Asia.
		Tea was introduced into North America by early settlers but was heavily taxed by the British, eventually resulting in the well-known Boston Tea Party of 1773.
		After being sorted on the basis of size, all grades of tea are packed in foil-lined chests to prevent the absorption of odors or the loss of aroma during shipment.
	www.farsinet.com /hottea (838 words)

	Camellia sinensis - Tea Plant - Theaceae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tea plants are evergreen, medium sized shrub (4-6 ft.) and can be grown outside in zones 7-9.
		Increase watering when the plant is actively growing and when the plant is in bloom.
		Cal's Plant of the Week is provided as a service by Cal Lemke, who is OU's botany greenhouse grower and an avid gardener at home as well.
	www.plantoftheweek.org /week046.shtml (296 words)

	Characteristics Of The Tea Plant
		Chinese tea plants are usually divided into two classes, and distinguished a Thea Bohea and Thea Viridis, the former being most suitable for fl teas, and the latter for green teas; and fl and green teas have been indiscriminately made from the leaves of either.
		A leaf of any familiar domestic plant, such as the lilac, the plantain, or the apple, has a stronger individuality to the sense of taste, than this green leaf of the tea plant.
		The least area of spare ground is frequently utilized by the small farmer or the cottager for the cultivation of a dozen or more tea shrubs, from which they procure tea for their own use, or realize a small sum by sales of the green leaves to tea traders.
	www.harvestfields.ca /Tea/03tb/05.htm (1207 words)

	DPIWE - Senegal Tea Plant WMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Senegal tea plant is a freshwater plant capable of causing significant impacts in aquatic and semi-aquatic environments.
		As plant labels are sometimes ambiguous or in error, these should not be relied upon for verification of a plant’s identity.
		Plant labels that often accompany aquarium or pond plants and advice from suppliers should not be relied upon absolutely for identification purposes.
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/TPRY-5B98J9?open (1603 words)

	Ethnobotanical Leaflets
		For millenia, tea was used as a medicinal beverage because it flavored water and seemed to help prevent sickness, It became a daily beverage around the 3rd century A.D. When the tea trade began, it was transported around China and beyond its borders by caravans consisting of 300-500 horses.
		As with all crop plants, the tea plant is subject to a host of pests and diseases.
		The tea ceremony is supposed to emphasize harmony between the guests and implements used, respect among the participants and for the utensils, cleanliness, and tranquillity.
	www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/tea.htm (2113 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Tea - Herb Profile and Information
		It was formerly supposed that fl and green tea were the produce of distinct plants, but they are both prepared from the same plant.
		With fl tea, the gathered leaves are exposed to the air for a longer period, then gathered up and tossed until soft and flaccid, and after further exposure, roasted in an iron pan for about five minutes.
		Tea is rarely used as a medicine, but, the infusion is useful to relieve neuralgic headaches.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/t/tea---08.html (308 words)

	Black tea - is not produced from black tea plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tea is a truly global drink, which is enjoyed both hot and iced because of its ability to refresh and relax the mind and body.
		Tea antioxidants may help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke by maintaining the health of circulatory system of veins and arteries and reduce the risk of blood clots.
		Tea is also rich in antioxidant plant compound called flavonoids and it's widely believed that it prevents damaged body cells, which results in cancer.
	www.blacktea.com /Black_Tea/black_tea.htm (773 words)

	Tea Tea Plant at Arabica .com
		Earlier the wild tea plant can develop into a tree 30 meters high, so that monkeys were trained to pick the leaves and throw them down for collection below.
		Tea from individual plantations has developed its own character and taste, depending on the direction of the growing slopes and weather conditions at the time of plucking leaf and manufacture from green leaf to fl tea.
		Oolong tea is partly oxidized, prepared by series of withering, gentle rolling and drying steps and is a cross between fl and green tea in color and taste.
	www.arabica.com /tea/article00052/default_.asp (236 words)

	* Tea plant - (Plants): Definition
		In the wild the tea plant can grow as tall as 12 m/40 ft, but in cultivation it is kept down to a bush 1.5 m/4 ft high.
		The source of the world's most popular caffeine drink, the tea plant is an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green elliptic leaves.
		Tea plant s are evergreen, medium sized shrub (4-6 ft.) and can be grown outside in zones 7-9.
	en.mimi.hu /plants/tea_plant.html (550 words)

	Green Tea Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Green and fl tea are both derived from the same plant, the tea plant.
		Green tea extract is made from the world-famous tea plant (Camillia sinensis) which is used to make both green and fl tea.
		The tea plant is grown in the shade for approximately 20 days before harvesting is commenced.
	netpediatrics.com /healthpedia/herbal/green_tea_plant.php (651 words)

	Tea: A Story of Serendipity
		Tea tastes vary, and one aficionado who squirts lemon in his cup may cringe at the sight of another pouring milk or honey.
		The tea bag was born the same year as iced tea, and its arrival was equally serendipitous.
		After the tea leaves are brewed, the hot tea is transferred from the brewer to a reservoir-type unit with a spigot for dispensing the tea.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/features/296_tea.html (2410 words)

	Native Foods -- Swamp teas
		Swamp tea or Muskeeg Anibi, botannically named Ledum glandulosum, common name Laborador Tea, is found from Greenland to the Rockies, and Northwest coast.
		This variety of "Indian tea" grows in the west, in drier areas whose winters are warmer.
		Dried leaf tea (and crushed green) are drunk now just as a good-tasting tea that may be easier to get at -- grows in more accessible places -- than the ledums.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/food/swamp.html (819 words)

	matsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tea plant ( Camellia sinensis), one of the important crops for beverage, is a woody plant.
		The tea plant is, therefore, considered to be one of the recalcitrant plants for transformation.
		Tea plant is infected with Agrobacterium but shows a tendency to be resistant in the field, because the probability of observing natural crown galls on tea roots is low and even if it occurred, the damage would not reach an economic level.
	ss.jircas.affrc.go.jp /engpage/jarq/32-4/matsumoto/matsu.htm (1712 words)

	Tea Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amongst the clone, girth, plant height, dry weight of root and shoot were observed to be maximum in Bannnockhurn 157 and minimum in Ambari Vegetative 2.
		Primary root disease was not observed on the roots of chopped stumps nor the roots of young plants.
		Some North and South Indian tea clones which are being increasingly cultivated in Darjeeling hills were evaluated for their dry matter content considering the ratio of dry weight: fresh weight during the different seasons of a year.
	www.dtrdc.org /publication.htm (4665 words)

	PLANT CULTURES - Tea growing
		Tea plants grow best with even temperatures all year round, very wet summers and dry winters, so the conditions in the British Isles are challenging.You can grow tea with indoor protection with some success, you should be able to produce sufficent leaves for your own cuppa.
		Plants in pots should be brought indoors to a light dry place such as a porch they need to be kept dry, more than protected from the cold.
		Plant sources: Tea plants are sometimes available from garden centres as a novelty, but steady suppliers can be found through the Plantfinder.
	www.plantcultures.org.uk /plants/tea_grow_it.html (454 words)

	Senegal tea plant (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)- Alert List for Environmental Weeds - Weed Management Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Senegal tea plant is a highly invasive aquatic weed occurring in scattered infestations around the country.
		The importation of Senegal tea plant into Australia is not permitted because of the risk of further spread, and the potential introduction of new genetic diversity that could make future control more difficult.
		Because Senegal tea plant spreads so easily and poses such a serious threat, its control is a matter that should be undertaken with the appropriate expertise and adequate resources.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/invasive/publications/g-spilanthoides.html (2587 words)

	:: Discovery Tours & Logistic ::
		It is predominantly an agro-based export-oriented evergreen crop in Bangladesh and a perennial crop grown as a monoculture on large contiguous areas.
		Under natural conditions, a tea plant grows to a small tree but it is configured into a bush by sequential pruning and other silvicultural practices, viz tipping, plucking and by harvesting the optimum vegetative produce.
		Known in China as early as 2737 BC, tea was first brought to Europe in 1610 and rapidly became a fashionable drink.
	www.discoverbangla.com /tea-plant.htm (444 words)

	Organic Darjeeling Tea plant : Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This rare flavour is due to a combination of plant genes, soil chemistry, elevations, temperatures and rainfall, unique to the Darjeeling hills.
		Each tea bush in the estate is plucked every 4 to 7 days depending on the season.
		Each hectare of plantation yields an average of 500 kgs of dry tea and a Darjeeling tea bush yields only 100 grams of made tea in a year.
	www.darjeelingteas.com /fields.htm (163 words)

	The Tea Plant
		The tea plant is an evergreen of the Camellia family that is native to China, Tibet and northern India.
		As with wine, the quality and taste of a particular tea is influenced by both the environment (soil, climate, and altitude) and the tea maker (who decides when and how the leaf is plucked and how it is processed).
		The specific variety of tea plant and the way the leaves are processed after harvesting determine the type of tea that is created.
	www.thefragrantleaf.com /teaplanandte.html (278 words)

	Green Tea Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		leaves of the tea plant are used both as a social and medicinal beverage.
		The mild climate of this area is conducive to the cultivation of the tea plant --camellia sinensis.
		Black tea is fermented and green tea is not (oolong tea is partly fermented).
	www.aboutgreentea.com /4/green-tea-plant.html (974 words)

	When was tea first grown? SCIENCE , We do not know when the tea plant was first cultivated, but the earliest mention of ...
		Tea was brought to Europe by the Dutch via Java in 1610 and became increasingly fashionable from the middle of the 17th Century.
		We do not know when the tea plant was first cultivated, but the earliest mention of it occurs in a Chinese dictionary, the Erh Ya about the year 350.
		Tea is drunk by about half the world's population, but is second to coffee in commercial importance.
	www.4to40.com /QA/index.asp?counter=86&category=science (631 words)

	Green tea plant
		If you clearly want to uncover more about information related to green tea plant, then you must be enduring and dedicate the time mandatory to chance upon the stellar locations to gather your info.
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		We have been seeking a lot of top authorities on the subject of green tea plant and we have uncovered there is reliable reporting and low quality reporting.
	www.antioxidant-vitamin-food.com /green-tea-plant (241 words)

	Tea Theme Plant List/FINAL
		Caution: May cause an allergic reaction (this plant is in the same family as ragweed).
		This plant is the source of "regular" tea (fl, green and oolong).
		This Tea Theme garden was researched and written by Rhonda Haavisto and Jane O’Sullivan, members of The New England Unit of the Herb Society of America.
	neuhsa.homestead.com /files/TeaTheme_plant_list.htm (833 words)

	Tea - Green Tea Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The purpose of brewing tea for testing is to bring out all the bad aspects of tea.
		The purpose of brewing tea for tasting, on the other hand, is to avoid all the bad aspects of tea.
		When brewing tea for tasting, a seasoned tea master knows how to brew a tasty cup of tea by adjusting water temperature and brewing time based on characteristics of individual tea.
	www.officialtea.com /directory/green-tea-plant.html (535 words)

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