If you reach for a "herbal tea" or a fragrant "flower tea" alongside your classic black or green cup of tea, you're not alone. But you might be sipping three very different beverages without realising ...

Most people don’t realize that tea comes from a camellia. Yes, that’s right. It's camellia sinensis, commonly known as the tea plant. All teas — black, green, white and oolong — come from the same ...

It's easy to feel disconnected from the food and drink we consume when we're steeped in a culture of convenience. Grabbing a quick meal or coffee can be great when we're on the go, but sometimes, ...

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has hailed the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‘s recognition of tea from the plant Camellia sinensis as a healthy beverage. On December 19, ...

The Rooibos Tea, Herbal Tea, or Flower Tea promoted as healthy beverages may soon lose the ‘tea’ tag. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a clarification on December 24, ...

As per the new the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) labelling rules, only beverages made from the Camellia sinensis plant can be labelled as Tea ...

Whether we drink it hot or iced, white, yellow, green, black, wulong or pu’er, Canadians drink almost 10 billion cups of tea each year and every cup of tea has a story. For many of us tea is the ...

I very much enjoyed Tom Hancock’s report from Wuyishan, China (“Special brew — wealthy Chinese push up the price of luxury tea leaves”, July 14) and would like to share one small detail. The tea plant ...

SEATTLE AND SURROUNDING locales are chockablock with camellias. It seems like every home in Seattle built before the 21st century was required to have at least one. Somehow these camellias are almost ...