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Invasive Herbs for Herbal Tea
Updated: Jul. 17th, 2017
The benefits of harvesting invasive plants for use in herbal tea, as well as practical, ecological, health, and safety concerns with doing so.

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Updated: Jul. 10th, 2017
Explanation of types of brands and tea companies that we do and don't list for rating and review: we list companies that sell tea bags or loose-leaf tea.

Additives in Tea
Updated: Jul. 7th, 2017
Common additives in tea and herbal blends and their safety, including natural and artificial flavors, caffeine, extracts and supplements, etc.

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Tea: black, green, oolong, white, Pu-erh, Flavored: Chai, Earl Grey, Jasmine, Herbals: Rooibos, Mate, ...

Jasmine Silver Needle
Updated: Jul. 17th, 2017
Jasmine silver needle is silver needle (bai hao yinzhen) white tea, made of all tips, that has been scented with jasmine blossoms.

Dark Tea
Updated: Jul. 12th, 2017
Dark tea or post-fermented tea, or hei cha, includes Pu-erh and other teas that are aged after processing.

Pu-erh Tea
Updated: Jul. 12th, 2017
Pu-erh is a type of tea from Yunnan province in China, that is often aged. Pu-erh is available in ripe (black, oxidized) and raw (green, unoxidized) forms.

Tea Producing Countries and Regions

China: Fujian, Yunnan, Anhui, Zhejiang, India: Darjeeling, Assam, Japan, Ceylon, Taiwan, Kenya, ...

Tokushima, Japan
Updated: Jul. 13th, 2017
Tokushima is one of the four provinces on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's main islands. It produces tea, but is not well-known for its tea, and teas from here are not widely available in the West.

Guizhou, China
Updated: Jul. 13th, 2017
Guizhou is a little-known tea growing region that borders Yunan, Hunan, and Sichuan provinces.

Sichuan, China
Updated: Jul. 13th, 2017
Sichuan (Szechuan) is a province in China best known in the West for its spicy food. Sichuan also produces tea in the eastern (wetter) region.

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