From where comes the tea?

I think that there are several different ways for the tea to grow, some are on plants while others are from trees. Of course the tea is usually ground up seeds etc, from plants. Some of the Asian ones, I believe are from plants more so then from trees.

Yes, tea does come from a tree (though it is usually pruned into a bush which is the right height for the workers to pick the young leaves which is what are used for producing tea). The plant is called Camellia sinensis ('Chinese Camellia') and is a relative of the Camellia bushes which produce such beautiful flowers and are often planted in parks and gardens. Only the tender top three leaves of the developing shoots of the plant are used and the best tea is carefully harvested by hand. The leaves go through a very careful process of being slowly dried, during which time they ferment, and, sometimes, smoking over a low fire. Tea which is fermented very little makes green tea and tea which has been fermented for longer and under different conditions makes the brown or reddish tea which Europeans are more familiar with.

Not sure where it comes from but I really like it with lots of ice, sugar and lemon!! I think maybe China somewhere? Maybe a tree in China? I really do not know but it is sooo good!!

I think a tea belongs plant. However there are some tea types, it looks like a tree because it is very big, high and old. There are some types like that in the mountain area in the north Vietnam. So with that types, i should call it as a tea tree?

I like drinking it sometimes but it is not my favourite. I think it comes from China. They are the ones who are famour with it. Maybe there is another country is famout too with tea.

Tea grows on trees which are regularly pruned so looks like shrubs mainly "Camellia Sinensis" and the plant is an evergreen type of shrub that naturally contains caffeine .All white, yellow, green, oolong, Puerh and black tea comes from this plant but is processed in different ways to attain different levels of oxidation. Whereas Herbal tea do not come from the same tea plant " camellia sinensia" It is are infusion of different botanicals such as non-tea tree leaves, roots, berries, fruits and seeds with hot water.since the plants used in making herbal tea do not contain caffeine,so it is caffeine free.

Apparently it is a tree. look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis Well I certainly didn't know that. You learn something new everyday!

Hmm interesting. I think that the tea is not like a tree because I read that they cut them like when they are 1 meter long because it would be difficult to collect the harvest. Well I think that if they cut them when they are 1 meter long they could be bigger and there might be a tea that is actually a tree.

For me tea tree is a small tree native from Australia which produces oil in the leaves which they call melaleuca. Maybe you think that the tea you see looks like a bush. I also once thought that way, not until a friend of mine told me that.