All four types are made from leaves of the shrub or small tree camellia sinensis.
Chinese tea blends.
The different classes of chinese tea chinese green tea.
10 diy recipes for your own tea blends.
Our recipes include the most common herbs fruit and spices for very easy blending.
Chinese herbal teas have been used for centuries to provide healthy refreshment.
A blend of black and green tea oolongs originate from china and have the flavor profile of both with a full body.
Licorice root is 50 times sweeter than table sugar so taste before sweetening.
Two principal varieties of the species are used the small leaved chinese variety plant c.
Each tea can have one ingredient or many.
If after drinking this tea you feel wired just reduce the amount of licorice root.
If this blend is too sweet for you reduce the licorice by half.
This occurs chiefly with black tea that is blended to make most tea bags but can also occur with such teas as pu erh where leaves are blended from different regions before being compressed the aim of blending is to create a well balanced flavour using different origins and characters.
Typical ingredients are dried flowers dried fruit roots leaves or seeds.
Originating from yunnan china this powerful green tea with ginseng blend is renowned for it s medicinal healing properties essential for every teabird s cupboard.
White tea got its name from the tradition of poor chinese people offering plain boiled.
The green tea is the most natural within the chinese teas.
Introducing bird blend s ba bao cha blend chinese treasures.
It s dried as soon as it s picked from the field and then fried.
This process blocks the activity of the leaf enzymes that otherwise would alter the composition and the properties of the tea leaves.
Sage can reduce a breastfeeding mother s milk flow significantly so use with caution while breastfeeding.
Inspired by eight treasures tea we ve created our own blend of this ancient chinese herbal medicine tea.
This herb can interfere with blood clotting but as a tea for short term use has little risk.
Tea blending is the blending of different teas together to produce a final product.
The amount of leaves used in recipes is enough for 2 3 infusions depending on the recipe.
It is indigenous to fujan province and is lighter in color than other types of tea with a subtle delicate flavor.
White tea is unfermented uncured green tea that has been quickly dried.
The leaves are semi fermented and then go through a partial oxidation process prior to being roasted so their type of prep allows for a wide array of flavor from floral to fruity to spicy to earthy and beyond.
We prepared 10 diy recipes to make your own tea blend.
You can use these recipes as guidelines and a starting point for blending.
Each one is prized for its unique value in chinese medicine.
Black tea is generally stronger in flavor than other teas.
Black tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong yellow white and green teas.
