The diagram illustrates the steps and equipment involved in the process of producing five different types of tea from tea leaves.

The diagram illustrates the steps and equipment involved in the process of producing five different types of

tea

from

tea

leaves.

Overall

, the procedure for making contains three to five stages, commencing with growing

tea

and culminating in drying the leaves. The first three stages are the same for making five

tea

types. In the initial step, the

tea

is grown and harvested before being left to wit or wither. To produce white

tea

, the leaves are simply dried in an

oven

while

green

tea

has to undergo a steaming and rolling process before

oven

drying.

However

, in the production of oolong

tea

, the wilted leaves are rolled and fermented slightly before

oven

drying without being steamed.

In contrast

, large and small-leaf black

tea

has to undergo

further

steps. After being rolled, the large-leaf black

tea

was fully fermented and

then

dried. The production of small-leaf black

tea

was similar, apart from it being crushed, not rolled. Both of these

tea

are

finally

dried in an

oven

.