First cultivated in China more than 2,000 years ago, Camellia sinensis, also known as the tea plant or tea shrub, is the source of tea. The most common varieties, green, black and oolong ...

Green tea comes from unoxidized leaves of the Camellia sinensis bush. It is one of the least processed types of tea, containing the most antioxidants and beneficial polyphenols. Some research ...

We don’t know exactly when the very first Camellias arrived in the Port City, however it was noted in an early publication that the Sinensis Camellia was distributed by the United States ...