The perfect plant for tea lovers. In addition to being pretty, you can harvest the leaves and buds between March and October. Indeed, depending on the preparation technique, this plant can produce different varieties of tea. Following pruning, the plant will produce new growth. However, we recommend not harvesting during the winter. The tea plant appreciates bright light all year round. In summer, this small shrub likes to be outside, in a partially shaded place.
To produce green tea, simply pick the fresh leaves and buds, chop them and steep them in hot water.
To produce black tea, you must crush the leaves and buds to brown them, then you can steep them in hot water.
Non-toxic to animals.
- Family: Theaceae
- Origin: China and Southeast Asia.
- Watering:
- Allow the soil to dry on the surface between waterings.
- Ambient humidity: High.
- Type of potting soil: Rich and draining.
- Brightness: Moderate.
- Orientation: East, west or 1m from a south window.
- Growth: Average.
- Mean temperature,
- Winter: Between 5ᵒC and 15ᵒC.
Pot diameter: 10 cm.
Like nature, each plant is unique. Natural items are all different and may contain irregularities.
