They dry in the sun or can be easily fermented. They also have a minimal caffeine content while Oolong, Pu-er and black tea have a richer taste and aroma. For example, Pu-er is a fully fermented tea. It gets better every year that’s why it is bought as a dowry in some countries.

The selection of tea may demonstrate fine taste and knowledge. Tea tours to China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka are in demand: they include traveling to the plantations and factories, numerous tasting in beautiful tea tents. The restaurant menu has been steadily increased by the number of lines dedicated to this drink (by the way, the direction of tea bizarre fashion can be traced by these changes). Green tea’s obsession has swept across the world: there are tea flavors or extracts in shampoos, creams, dish soaps and other products down to the toilet paper.

From several varieties of black loose tea and exotics in the form of pressed tiles from the east, the world has quickly turn to bagged tea, booming flavors and fragrances and entering the new age: the era of accessibility of many tea varieties and tea mixes as well as information about them. We only need to understand the diversity and choose something we like the most.