Similar to wines, the harvest, terroir and production methods greatly affect the final tea production methods greatly affect the final tea products.
All types of teas come from a single species of plant – Camellia Sinensis, but to determines all of that is the level of oxidation of the leaves, the higher the oxidation level, the darker and more robust the tea.
Every variety of tea has its own rise and fall in history, here are the six main categories types of teas: