Green Tea and Black Tea: One Leaf United

cup of teaLast week’s Chicago Tribune had one of those “list” articles – you know the kind, where a few of the things are no brainers, a few of the things are filler, and a few of the things are uninteresting.  This one, however, was about tea (yes, the fascinating world of tea) and maybe I’m a tea novice, but the nine things about tea were actually informative and new to me.

The short of it:  green tea and black tea come from the same tea leaf – the only difference is how long the leaf is processed.  For green tea, the leaves are less processed which helps the tea retain its greenish color.

Read on:

Chicago Tribune (Julie Deardorff) - 9 things you should unlearn about tea

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