Te negro con canela

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Josenea Black Tea With Cinnamon, Bolsa 10 Pyramids Features: Cinnamon as a spice is obtained by stripping and rubbing the tender branches, ie they bark without external suber and underlying parenchyma (second shell) . Used raw and ground. The cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum or Cinnamomum verum) is an evergreen tree, about 10-15 m, from Sri Lanka. It requires a hot and humid climate with annual average temperature between 24 and 30 at altitudes between 0 and 600 m. The best plantations grow in rainy areas, sandy and muddy texture, deep high in organic matter and good drainage. A muddy ground limit the growth of the plant and this would produce a low quality cortex. Currently well grown in Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Madagascar and Brazil and in culture generally smaller, taking the form of an evergreen shrub, the bark, the most important part, is grayish brown and has a perennial cycle. Its stem is woody. The leaves are about 7-25cm long and 3-8 cm wide, with pointed oval shape, green and shiny red beam 5 nerves, one medial and two arched side converging at the base and apex, and another set of ribs forming a right angle therewith, the petiole is about 10-20 mm, sturdy with a winding concave shape. Its flowers are hermaphroditic and white or greenish-yellow color, are covered with hairs, bracts present and are actinomorphic. Flowers about 0.5 cm are grouped in panicles born in the leaf axil or in the terminal part and get to have a similar length of leaves. The fruit is a long ellipsoid berry about 12.5 cm of very dark color; bluish-black with a single seed inside. It reproduces by seeds containing berry and also by vegetative propagation.

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