ActiGreen
ActiGreen organic green tea extract powder from the Camellia Sinensis tea plant
Green tea comes from the same plant as black tea, white tea and oolong tea. The tea plant, with the fine Latin name Camellia Sinensis, is typically referred to as the tea bush, but botanically it is not a bush at all, but rather a tree. If the tea bush were allowed to grow wild, it could reach a height of more than 20 meters.
The reason why the tea tree is referred to as a tea bush is because the tree is constantly cut down in height so that the tea leaves can be harvested more easily.
What distinguishes the different types of tea is the way the tea leaves are treated after they have been picked.
Immediately after the tea leaves are picked from the tea bush, they are transported to the tea factory, where the leaves are heat treated and dried. Unlike Black tea, the tea leaves retain their greenish color after heat treatment and drying has taken place. After this, the tea is basically ready for use.
It is worth noting that the tea that is called White tea is in principle Green Tea. White tea is made in much the same way as green tea, but only newly sprouted tea leaves and buds are used. White tea got its name because the leaves are provided with white down that looks like silver needles, therefore White tea is also called Silver Tips.
Red tea, Chamomile tea and herbal tea have nothing to do with tea. These products originate from completely different plants, but have probably been called tea because they are prepared in the same way as real tea.
Organic ActiGreen tea extract with peppermint flavor is made on the basis of green tea from Asia. The extracts are produced in Germany, where the producer controls the tea plantations that supply the tea and analyzes the tea.