Gourmet Black Tea: Black tea is a product made from the Camellia sinesis plant. The aged leaves and stems are used to make medicine. Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than the oolong, green, and white varieties. All four varieties are made from leaves of the shrub. Black tea is the most popular tea in the world. Black tea goes through full fermentation in which the leaf color darkens to give it its black color.
