Herbs for Beauty and Health

Strictly speaking, all teas are herb teas. For the China or India tea familiar to the English tea and breakfast table is simply an infusion of the leaves of the plant, Camellia sinensis. Like other members of the camellia family, the tea plant can be grown quite easily in mild regions of the British Isles - though its small white flower is no rival for the beautiful hybrid camellia. In the case of green teas the young leaves of tea plants are hand-picked and dried straight away, whereas black teas are produced by slightly fermenting the leaves before they are dried and graded.