Egcg Green Tea Bags

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.

Egcg green tea bags.

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. However not all tea types have high levels of egcg. It s impossible to know the exact amount of egcg in each tea. Research has tested its ability to help treat various diseases.

Am j clin nutr 2004 80 6 1558 1564. A study at the ucla center for human nutrition compared the catechins and caffeine of popular green tea bags. Buddha teas organic matcha green tea 18 bleach free tea bags higher chlorophyll and egcg content 9 93 0 55 1 count in stock. The only trade off with increased brewing time is a slight increase in bitterness.

Honest green tea had 27 2 mg of egcg and arizona green tea ginseng honey had only 5 4 mg. Most studies are based on 1 gram of tea per cup of water which is less than most people use. Egcg is one of the most powerful compounds in green tea. The tea bags were steeped for 3 minutes in 100 ml of boiling water.

L and heber d. Snapple diet green tea had even less just 3 5 mg. Researchers have found as low as 2 31 and as high as 204 20 mg so you can imagine how widely teas vary. Sold by buddha teas and ships from amazon fulfillment.

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. Loose tea on left tea bag on right. 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.

Basically it means hot green tea brewed using either tea bags or loose tea leaves. The color of green tea brewed from tea bags is also not as green as loose tea see picture at top. Tea with the most egcg.