Later, fresh blossoms of jasmine and magnolia were added to the leaves during processing, producing sweet fragrant teas. Today you can still get jasmine tea, with fresh jasmine blossoms. You can also get teas flavored with everything from cinnamon to almonds. It should be pointed out that herb teas are from the camellia sinensis trees, and that their only connection is that they are both infused in boiling water. There are many, many such teas, made from as many herbs and spices as your imagination can fathom.
Camomille tea is a favorite, as is spearmint, and black currant.
When buying commercially packed herb teas, be sure to look at the label to make sure that all the ingredients are natural. This is one of the oldest professions in the world. Tasters are employed by purveyors of tea to determine the quality of teas that they will purchase for resale or for blending into prepared tea mixtures or tea bags. Tea Tasters develop an especially sensitive palate. From tasting a tea they can tell the country of origin, the time of year it was harvested, which side of the hill it was grown, and which plantation it may have come from.