eli5: what makes tea, tea? like what’s different than me plucking leaves off a random tree or finding dry ones off the ground and essentially making flavoured water?

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eli5: what makes tea, tea? like what’s different than me plucking leaves off a random tree or finding dry ones off the ground and essentially making flavoured water?

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Nothing. You can make tea out of anything. That’s what herbal teas are. *Tea* tea is specifically made with leaves from the plant species Camellia sinensis, but you can make tea by steeping the leaves of any kind of plant in water.