The diagram shows how tea leaves are processed into five tea types. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram presents the manufacture of five different types of

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. It is immediately apparent that

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all the teas are produced from the same leaf, the differences in the manufacturing process result in five different types of

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.  The first three stages of manufacture are the same for all five teas. The leaves are grown, they are

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plucked, and

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withering of the leaves occurs. The final stage is

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the same, which sees all the leaves dried in an oven.

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, in the stages in between

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, differing methods of production are employed.

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,

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the white

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drink is unique as it involves no other processing.

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, green, oolong and large-leaf black

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are all rolled as part of the process.

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,

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green

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is steamed before being rolled but is not fermented, the other two teas are first rolled and

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both fermented (oolong only slightly but large leaf black completely).

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, small-leaf black

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is neither steamed nor rolled but is crushed before being fully fermented.