Black Tea Vs Green Tea

A lot of research lately has been directed towards Green Tea and the health benefits of green tea. Lately, researchers have started to look at black tea as well for its health benefits.

Black Tea comes from the same leaf as green tea so it has anti-oxidants just like green tea does. Another page on this site highlights what researchers have found so far to be the benefits of black tea. However, green tea does have a few advantages over black tea.

Green Tea has less Caffeine
Green Tea stains your teeth less
Green Tea has slightly more anti-oxidants

If you care about any of these things, green tea may be for you. One thing to consider is that black tea has theaflavins and thearubigens, which many researches say make up for the lower anti-oxidant levels. A lot of people, however, enjoy the taste of black tea better. You can look at the disadvantages above and decide whether those are worth the better taste. Also, many people recommend mixing both black and green tea into your day to cover all your bases.