The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, produces seeds for several months every year. These tea seeds are used to propagate new tea plants. All tea (whether green, black, white or oolong) originates from Camellia sinensis plants-the processing is what makes the different teas.

​During Autumn and early Winter, Bryn Hill harvests a small quantity of tea seeds for sale to gardeners and nurseries who would like to grow tea plants from seed.
The propagation of tea plants from seeds is not complicated. Only freshly harvested seeds should be used as older seeds lose their moisture, and therefore their viability, the longer they are stored.

To ensure optimum freshness, tea seeds are only available from Bryn Hill between March and June each year. The tea seeds produced at Bryn Hill are Camellia sinensis var. assamica, the variety used to produce black tea in Tropical North Queensland, Australia, since 1886.

Tea seeds can also be pressed to make an incredibly healthy oil, used for centuries in Southern China and other parts of Asia for cooking and in beauty products.
Information on how to germinate and grow tea plants from seeds, as well as care for your tea plants can be found here.