Tea, why the color brown?

Im curious, if the tea plant (camellia sinensis) is a evergreen... then why is it that when I make iced tea, it turns the color brown? And where do they get the actual tea from this evergreen plant?

Tea, why the color brown?
It's dried and when something is dried like leaves in the fall they turn brown, then the dead leaves stay like that and spread it through the water. And they get evergreen tea from many places but the only place i know that they had something like that was Alaska. It also depends on the type of tree or plant and how young it is for flavor and color.
Reply:dried out green leaves are no longer green.........
Reply:the tea comes from the leaves of this bush. Tea usually contains two leaves and a bud. The bud is the youngest part of the plant. Tea leaf pickers pick different leaves depending on what tea they are making, or what part of the season it is. In the early spring, they may take two leaves and a bud, or they may pick just buds.





As for the color, it really varies between what kind of tea it is, and which part of the world the tea comes from. Japanese tea is commonly known to have a green tint. Some chinese green teas are brownish yellow. And some are light green. Black teas are usually rust colored to dark brown. Oolong teas are usually tan to light brown. Greens vary between light green to dark yellow, or dark brown. And it depends on how you make the tea also, if you didn't think that other stuff wasn't enough.





There are many factors in tea which is why it's such an intriguing drink!
Reply:cuz when leaves die they turn colors like brown an that is what is gonna happen when it goes to tee.
Reply:i think because maybe since the tea is dried and you make tea, it turns brown, so it turns brown, im not really sure.
Reply:tea is made of dried up leaves and not all tea leaves make the water go brown it just depends on what type of tea you are drinking ex. green tea that actually turn green, if the tea leaves you are making tea our of is brown then yes your drink will be brown if the tea leaves are green then it'll turn green etc etc