BLUE RIDGE TEA & HERB CO., LTD
Specializing in Private Label Tea
Bag Packers and Herb Specialists
We are contract packers of specialty teas and private label tea bags
Camellia sinensis!
This is the name of the bush where tea comes from. The primary regions
where tea is grown is China, Sri Lanka, Russia, India, Kenya and Japan.
They each produce different tea varieties. This is due to climate and
geography variations. The four types of tea are black, green, oolong
and white. The tea leaf contains caffeine, polyphenols, and oils, which
are affected by firing time, oxygen exposure time, and firing
temperature.
These affect the appearance of the tea leaf, liquor and taste.
Black teas oxidize the longest. The tea is tossed and then rolled to
bruise the leaves, breaking membranes to begin the oxidation process.
After several hours of being exposed to oxygen, the tea is fired over a
fire.
Oolong teas are allowed to only partially oxidize, interacting with
oxygen half as long as black teas, and are fired at a higher
temperature. After this process, the tea appears light brown and
produces a full-bodied beverage.
Green teas are not oxidized and are steamed immediately after being
picked. Once brewed, the color of the green tea is a pale yellow.
White tea goes through the least processing.
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