Alberta: "Really, it's a fairly simple process, you know, withering the tea leaves to pull their moisture, bruising the leaves and letting them oxidise to strengthen their aroma and flavour, then steaming the leaves to stop them from oxidising which prevents damaging said aroma and flavour, then rolling the leaves into a desired shape which can actually further enhance the taste of the tea depending on how it's handled, and then finally air drying or baking the leaves to finish, but it's important they're not overcooked otherwise all your efforts basically amount to nothing and you're left with the hot, bitter taste of failure. And that's just for making black tea! There are many others that follow different processes, but this is the most common one. Of course, you could just harvest the tea leaves fresh and soak them in hot water, but compared to dried leaves and flowers, the taste is completely different. Still, it'll probably taste a lot better than the teabag garbage some of these food stalls are serving, you might as well be drinking sugared compost with hot water poured on top of it."

Kress: "haha magic make tea"