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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There isn’t! “Tea” as most people think of it comes from 1 specific plant, but there are all sorts of herbal teas that are just exactly that, flowers and leaves picked off of plants and put in hot water.