Egcg Green Tea Bags

To get 200 mg of egcg from bottled teas you would have to spend a lot more per serving than with tea leaves tea bags.

Egcg green tea bags.

However not all tea types have high levels of egcg. A study at the ucla center for human nutrition compared the catechins and caffeine of popular green tea bags. Snapple diet green tea had even less just 3 5 mg. Most studies are based on 1 gram of tea per cup of water which is less than most people use.

The average amount of egcg in loose leaf green tea is about 80 mg per gram of tea. L and heber d. Sold by buddha teas and ships from amazon fulfillment. Egcg is one of the most powerful compounds in green tea.

Researchers have found as low as 2 31 and as high as 204 20 mg so you can imagine how widely teas vary. Loose tea on left tea bag on right. It appears to be one of the main compounds that gives green tea its. To maximize egcg content pour boiling water not just hot water over a green tea bag and let steep for 10 minutes before removing the bag and drinking.

Honest green tea had 27 2 mg of egcg and arizona green tea ginseng honey had only 5 4 mg. Bioavailability and antioxidant activity of tea flavanols after consumption of green tea black tea or a green tea extract supplement. Buddha teas organic matcha green tea 18 bleach free tea bags higher chlorophyll and egcg content 9 93 0 55 1 count in stock. Basically it means hot green tea brewed using either tea bags or loose tea leaves.

Given the high egcg content quoted by the study i would venture to guess that more of the regular tea samples are of the loose tea varieties rather than tea bags. Tea with the most egcg. The only trade off with increased brewing time is a slight increase in bitterness. Research has tested its ability to help treat various diseases.

The color of green tea brewed from tea bags is also not as green as loose tea see picture at top. Egcg is known to have cytotoxic antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties making green tea a good natural option for increasing the quality of life. Unfortunately the study does not differentiate between the two.