Darjeeling, Assam, are included in this type of tea. The longer the leaves are fermented, the darker they become, which is why black tea is darker than oolong, and oolong is darker than green tea. Brick Tea - Green tea steamed, dried, then pulverized into brick form. Camellia Sinensis - The Tea Plant. The differences between the over three thousand types of tea result from variations in the processing of the leaves after they are harvested.
Tea is an evergreen shrub which grows in tropical or sub-tropical climates.
See Green Tea, Black Tea, Oolong and White Tea. Assam is actually Camellia Assamus. Ceylon - Black Tea harvested in Sri Lanka, which used to be called Ceylon. Chanoyu - Japanese Tea Ceremony with its roots in Zen Buddhism. For more see The Teapot Page .