What is the difference between green tea and black tea?

Green Tea Benefits

Green tea’s powerful combination of nutrients, antioxidants, and trace minerals is believed to help with:

Detoxification: A 2015 study showed that the antioxidants in green tea help fight free radicals in the body.1 Its high polyphenols play a direct role in the liver, your body’s main detox organ.
Weight Loss: antioxidant compounds and catechins present in green tea promote the release of fat from fat cells and support fat burning in the liver.2
Anti-cancer: thanks to its antioxidants and catechins that help fight free radicals, green tea has anti-cancer properties, as ongoing studies suggest.3

Black Tea Benefits

Much like green tea, black tea has a lot of beverage benefits. These include:

Does black tea have more caffeine than green tea: both tea types have caffeine. However, if you are looking for a boost of energy, black tea’s higher caffeine content – which is 1/4 of what’s in coffee – is just what you need. Green tea only has 1/3 of what’s in coffee.
Antioxidant properties: not as much as green tea, but still there. So, technically, any of green tea’s benefits related to its antioxidants are available in smaller amounts in black tea.
Heart health: it gets interesting – black tea beats green tea in antioxidants called flavonoids, which are good for heart health. A study linked black tea to 36% lower triglyceride values, 17% less LDL/HDL plasma ratios, and an 18% drop in blood sugar levels.4
Easy to prepare:black tea is less demanding to brew and makes for a great coffee alternative for tea newbies.
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