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Green Tea Variation?

RyouMisaki
9 years ago

Hi, I have a doubt about green tea herbs.
I want to grow some Camellia Sinensis, so I can make Green, White and Black tea with it's leaves.
I'm from Brazil, and I found natural "green tea" on the open market...
The taste was a little different, and there were leaves and branches in it.
I asked for seeds, and he asked me to come back from time to time so he would give me some seeds for free, when they were mature.
Well... The problem is, I have the seeds now, but I'm not certain if they are really Camellia Sinensis, he gave me a branch some time before, and the seed pod is very different, it's a spiky seed pod, very close to one from Castor Beans, the leaves are similar to normal green tea leaves, and the seeds are white inside of some soft wrinkled shell, like they were made of thick brown paper drenched in oil and left to dry.
Sorry, I don't have pictures right now...
And the also call it "Bancha"
The question is: Is it a variation of Camellia Sinensis or not?
Can I make White and Black tea out of it?
If it isn't green tea at all, what is it then?

Thanks in advance for all the Replies.
Ryou Misaki.

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