Black tea remains inconclusive. Black tea Black tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green, and white teas. Black tea is generally stronger in flavour than the less oxidized teas. All four types are made from leaves of the shrub (or small tree) "Camellia sinensis." Two principal varieties of the species are used – the small-leaved Chinese variety plant ("C. sinensis" var. "sinensis"), used for most other types of teas, and the large-leaved Assamese plant ("C. sinensis" var. "assamica"), which was traditionally mainly used for black tea, although in recent years some green and white teas have
Korean tea Korean tea Korean tea is a beverage consisting of boiled water infused with leaves (such as the tea plant "Camellia sinensis"), roots, flowers, fruits, grains, edible mushrooms, or seaweed. According to the "Record of Gaya", cited in the "Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms", the legendary queen Heo Hwang-ok, a princess of Ayodhya, brought the "Camellia sinensis" (var. "assamica") tea plant from India to Korea and planted it on Baegwolsan, a mountain that borders the city of Changwon. In practice, however, Labrador tea and fruit teas, such as magnolia berry tea and goji berry tea, were more widely used in the