A new study has unveiled the intricate genetic mechanisms that regulate theanine accumulation in tea plants—a key determinant ...

A new study has revealed the pivotal role of theanine, a unique amino acid, in the early growth and development of tea seedlings. Employing advanced ...

Making tea is easy. Basically, all you need is a drinking vessel, hot water and plant bits. I prefer loose-leaf tea over bagged, because the latter is typically crumbled up plant parts called ...

It is not just good quality tea leaves that make a tasty cuppa, research suggests. Scientists say the secret to brewing a ...

where yaupon – believed to be the continent's only native plant containing caffeine – grows wild as a bush or a small tree with oval, dark green leaves. But the arrival of imported tea and ...

A study has revealed the molecular mechanisms regulating caffeine biosynthesis in tea plants, identifying crucial genes and microRNAs that control its production. This discovery is a game-changer ...

Rooibos tea is also known as red tea or red bush tea. It is made using leaves from a shrub called Aspalathus linearis, usually grown on the western coast of South Africa. Traditional rooibos are ...

has started a project that will see its 600,000 farmers countrywide replace moribund tea bushes with a new variety known as TRFK 300. To sustain the tea farmers during the transition period ...

The United States government has launched a cutting-edge tree nursery at Kakajan tea estate in India’s tea-rich Assam state, ...