Tea Leaves
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| The young leaves of the tea plant. Can be brewed into the popular, energizing beverage. | |||||||||||||||
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| Seed |  Tea Sapling |
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| Growth Time | 20 days | ||||||||||||||
| Season |  Spring •  Summer •  Fall |
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| XP | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Energy | Inedible | ||||||||||||||
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Tea Leaves are vegetables that are harvested from Tea Bushes each day during the last week of Spring, Summer, and Fall (and Winter if indoors).
Tea Leaves can be put into a Keg to make Green Tea, though Pickled Tea Leaves are more profitable.
Stages
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Harvest | After-Harvest |
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| 10 Days | 10 Days | Up to and including 21st of the season |
Total: 20 Days | Regrowth: 1 Day |
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Like |  Caroline
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| Neutral |  Abigail •  Alex •  Clint •  Demetrius •  Dwarf •  Elliott •  Emily •  Evelyn •  George •  Gus •  Haley •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Leo •  Lewis •  Linus •  Marnie •  Maru •  Pam •  Penny •  Pierre •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Sebastian •  Shane •  Vincent •  Willy •  Wizard
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Bundles
It is not used in any Bundles.
Recipes
It is not used in any recipes.
Artisan Goods
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredient | Equipment | Time | Sell Price |
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Green Tea | A pleasant, energizing beverage made from lightly processed tea leaves. |  Tea Leaves (1)
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 180m (3h)
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 100g
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Pickled Tea Leaves | A pleasant, energizing beverage made from lightly processed tea leaves. | Tea Leaves (1)
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4000m (2-3 days)
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150g
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Tailoring
Tea Leaves can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable green Shirt And Belt. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as a green dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Quests
One Tea Leaves may be requested by Woodskip in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 7 to 10.
Trivia
You can't walk through Tea Bushes or Tea Saplings, and neither can animals, so they can also be used as a non-decaying fence.
History
- 1.4: Introduced.
| Crops | |
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| Spring | Blue Jazz • Carrot • Cauliflower • Coffee Bean • Garlic • Green Bean • Kale • Parsnip • Potato • Rhubarb • Strawberry • Tulip • Unmilled Rice |
| Summer | Blueberry • Coffee Bean • Corn • Hops • Hot Pepper • Melon • Poppy • Radish • Red Cabbage • Starfruit • Summer Spangle • Summer Squash • Sunflower • Tomato • Wheat |
| Fall | Amaranth • Artichoke • Beet • Bok Choy • Broccoli • Corn • Cranberries • Eggplant • Fairy Rose • Grape • Pumpkin • Sunflower • Wheat • Yam |
| Winter | Powdermelon |
| Special | Ancient Fruit • Cactus Fruit • Pineapple • Qi Fruit • Sweet Gem Berry • Taro Root • Tea Leaves |