Q - What is Black tea?
A -Black teas are those teas whose leaves are allowed to fully oxidize before they are dried. Black teas are the most popular type of tea in the Western world today. Rich in tannins and polyphenols, several varieties are frequently blended together to create now famous blends.
Q - What is Oolong tea?
A - It is allowed to partially oxidize before drying. Its oxidation level falls between green and black tea. Most oolong teas have complex and sometimes fruity flavors and floral bouquets.
Q - What is Herbal tea?
A - Also known as infusions or tisanes these consist of dried flowers and leaves of plants other than Camellia Sinensis and are not truly "teas". Herbal tinfusions can also be made using fresh flowers, herbs, seeds, roots and bark. Some herbal teas are flavored with fruit, or essential oils and various spices.
Q - What is a "green" tea?
A - A tea is defined as a green tea if the leaf has been protected from oxidation. Leaves are plucked and then carefully transported to the factory for processing which includes: withering, rolling, drying (and no bruising or time between rolling and drying, for oxidation).
Q - What is "(JA)"?
A - JA is short for Jamaica an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (146 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.
