Category: Natural History of Tea

The global demand and subsequent production of tea has shown an increase in a wide variety of major pests and diseases occuring in different continents, countries, and bioregions. The most common diseases that are...

Camellia Sinensis, which is the major tea species, is a broadleaf evergreen tree that can grow up to 52ft if left to its own devices, but for production purposes the trees are pruned back...

Camellia sinensis grows throughout a wide range of the world. From all the way to the east and spanning all the way to the pacific northwest, tea can be grown in a variety of climates...

    The cultivation of tea has variants in their specific geographical location. Through trial and error and decades of cultivation has brought techniques that help Camellia sinensis flourish wherever it grows. But real...