MORE ABOUT CAMELLIAS
Click here to go to the VERGELEGEN CAMELLIA GARDENSA snippet of history The Camellia is a native of the cool and humid mountain forests of East Asia. It's waxy petals stay fresh for a very long time and its flowers will not wilt for several hours This is why Camellias were very popular as boutonnieres in the 19th century. The Camellia gained worldwide fame thanks to Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias. | |
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The leaves and leaf buds of the Chinese Camellia sinensis are used to produce Chinese tea.
| White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently to attain different levels of oxidation. Kukicha (twig tea) is also harvested from Camellia sinensis, but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves. | |
| C. sinensis |
The seeds of Camellia sinensis and Camellia oleifera can be pressed to yield tea oil, a sweetish seasoning and cooking oil that should not be confused with tea tree oil, an essential oil that is used for medical and cosmetic purposes, and originates from the leaves of a different plant.
Fresh leaves contain about 4% caffeine.
