1º_ Tea is the common name of the Camellia sinensis plant. As its name implies, it has Chinese origin, where it is called 33590; , which is pronounced as 'cha', but in some southern regions that sinogram is read 'te', which is the form that came to Spanish, and was accentuated to distinguish it from the pronominal "te". 2º_ By the previous one (or perhaps vice versa), it is called 'tea' to the infusion prepared with its leaves, to those same toasted leaves to make the drink and to the meeting where it is traditionally drunk. 3º_ By extension, any beverage made with vegetable leaves prepared as tea.
