Given the labeling, I would not plant it and destroy it with fire.

International seed law and phytosanitary requirements require specific labeling. This includes a lot, germination, and some others depending on the location. If it was shipped internationally, it also requires a phytosanitary certificate for most species and countries.

Online seed sellers are constantly violating these rules and spreading all sorts of diseases, weeds and insects.

I have no advice to offer (sorry), but if I was high enough I would try to eat that seed thinking it was a chocolate candy. Good luck I'll keep an eye out for any updates if you post them.

No recommendations here other than online advice. I believe we have a Russian version of that plant or a similar tea plant that absolutely loves our 9b region. It's become a voracious bush and needs to be whacked back yearly, or it will overtake the other plants in the garden bed.

Also, those seeds look like chocolate drops and I have an overwhelming urge to put them in my mouth, lol.

Ive done it once. Soaked the seeds for 72 hours first. That helped a lot.

@waigl yes put them in a tropical climate but do not water too much

If you do manage to get it growing, make sure you post pictures! I wanna see a baby tea tree.

And make sure you do regular updates on the 6 month, 1 year, 3 year, 5 year, 10 year, 25 year, 50 year and 100 year milestones!

I see the flowering version all over the PNW, climate 8, so there must be a variety of the tea plant that wouuld thrive in non-tropical weather. Did you choose a certain variety? Maybe your local university would have something on it too:

https://vegetables.wsu.edu/documents/2025/07/growing-tea-in-the-pacific-northwest-care-and-maintenance.pdf/

@waigl
What seeds are you going to plant