Tea times

One of my friends brought some packets of cherry tea today. I wondered what cherry tea is as I never tried it before. It was a little fruity. This made me wonder at the types of tea that are available. After some study, I found that there are 4 kinds of tea:

• Black Tea : fully-oxidized: It is the most consumed and it is made with the leaves of the tea plant camellia sinensis. The leaves after being plucked are left to dry for 24 hours. They are then crushed and left to be oxidized to turn black
• Green Tea : non-oxidized: The leaves after being plucked are left to dry for 24 hours. Then they are pan fried to prevent oxidation
• White Tea : non-oxidized:In order to prevent oxidation, white tea is immediately fired or steamed after letting them air dry for a period of time. There is no rolling, breaking, or bruising of any kind
• Oolong Tea : semi-oxidized: he processing of oolong tea requires only a partial oxidation of the leaves. After the leaves are plucked, they are laid out to wither for about 8 to 24 hours. the leaves are tossed in baskets in order to bruise the edges of the leaves. This bruising only causes the leaves to partially oxidize