

I think my induction cooktop has over-temperature protection in case all the water had evaporated. Nothing for the oven though. I love the Instant Pot (probably other tabletop pressure cookers too) for the timers & “keep warm” function.
Strategy is phone alarms. When I remember.
Camellia sinensis comes in two major natural varieties, C. sinensis v. sinensis and C. sinensis v. assamica. Other natural varieties (that I didn’t even know about before looking into it just now) are v. pubilimba, v. dehungensis, and v. madoensis. The different species Camelliia taliensis is also used to make tea, esspecially pu-erh.
In addition to these natural varietals, there is a huge variety of cultivars. And the terroir makes a difference. But I think that tea drinkers by and large like their tea to taste like tea.
tl;dr Camellia sinensis has both natural and bred varietals.