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Which parts of a tea shoot are usually removed during plucking?

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Neatly planted rows of green tea bushes stretch across rolling fields with Mount Fuji, capped with snow, rising in the background in Japan.
tea Rows of tea (Camellia sinensis) growing in Japan, with Mount Fuji in the background.

During the harvesting process, known as plucking, the shoot that is removed typically consists of the bud and the two youngest leaves.1