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Four Stages Tea

nterestingly, the black tea–making process and the phases of a butterfly both take four steps. Tea leaves go through withering, rolling, oxidation, and drying to reach the final juncture before blending and packaging. For butterflies, their life cycle includes starting out as an egg, maturing to a larva (caterpillar), then a pupa (chrysalis), and finally becoming an adult butterfly. Both tea and butterflies emerge to their full potential in a series of four complicated stages, and this unique intersection is where Jenna Kramer,

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