Learning About Rich Black Tea By: Eddie Lamb | Mar 2nd 2009 - Black tea is one of the teas that is included in the four-group classification of basic teas: black (or red), green, white and oolong. It is a true tea, unlike the so-called teas such as herbal, in that the leaves are grown from the camellia sinensis, the one true tea tree. Tags:black tea, chinese tea, green tea for weight loss, organic tea,