Both green tea and black tea offer health benefits like boosting alertness and supporting heart and brain health, but each has subtle differences in composition and properties.

Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Black tea and green tea are beverages made from the Camellia sinensis plant. They offer similar health benefits, such as providing antioxidants, which ...

This shorter oxidation process is also, incidentally, what makes green tea “green”—its leaves are less exposed to oxygen and therefore don’t turn black, keeping certain plant compounds intact.