Camilla Sinensis(CS) is the original source of tea, and today green, black, etc. come from this.
How many of the flavored teas use the same basic CS leaves vs. a substitute? I'd assume that the herb teas do not use CS, as most state no caffeine.
Eric
"Tea" is the common name for Camellia sinensis.
All "flavored teas" contain tea.
Herbal teas (tisanes) aren't true teas because they aren't made from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.
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HTH.
Bluesea is right, but there are companies that market tisanes as "herb tea", which can be quite confusing. Hopefully as people become more aware they will refer to all tisanes as what they really are.
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