Green tea, without the miracle claims

Blends

• Can You Mix Green Tea and Black Tea?

  Yes, you can mix green and black tea. Here's how to steep them, a ratio to start with, how much caffeine to expect, and what mixing won't do.

• Can You Put Cream in Green Tea?

  Yes, you can put cream in green tea. See how it changes the taste, which milks work, and what conflicting studies say about catechins.

• Green Tea and Chia Seeds: Can You Have Them Together?

  Yes, you can add chia seeds to green tea. Learn how long to soak them, what the drink offers, and what the weight loss evidence really shows.

• Green Tea and Mint Tea: Differences, Benefits and Mixing

  Green tea vs. mint tea: how the caffeine differs, whether you can mix them, what the research shows, and when mint may worsen heartburn.

• Green Tea With Ginger and Honey: What Are the Benefits?

  What green tea with ginger and honey can and can't do, a simple recipe, and what to know about honey's sugar and babies under 1.

• Is Green Tea With Elderberry Good for You?

  What elderberry green tea can and can't do, what added vitamin C does, why raw elderberries are unsafe, and how to make it at home.

• Is Green Tea With Pomegranate Good for You?

  What pomegranate green tea can and can't do, a simple recipe, how to check bottled versions for sugar, and what's known about medication.

• Orange Green Tea: Benefits and How to Make It

  What orange adds to green tea, what the vitamin C and catechin research really shows, and a simple recipe with fresh orange or peel.

Brands

• Does Twinings Green Tea Have Caffeine?

  Yes. Twinings lists 19 to 45 mg of caffeine per green tea bag in the US and about 30 to 40 mg per cup in the UK. Here's what that means, plus decaf.

• How Do You Make Panera Green Tea?

  Panera lists 0 mg of caffeine for its Passion Papaya Iced Green Tea and 36 g of sugar in 20 fl oz. See the current facts and a homemade copycat.

• How Does Bigelow Decaffeinate Its Green Tea?

  Bigelow uses a CO2 process for decaf green tea, not water processing. See how it works, how much caffeine remains and what studies say about EGCG.

• Is AriZona Green Tea Healthy?

  AriZona Green Tea has 8 to 10 mg of caffeine per 12 oz and about 42 g of sugar per can. See the label numbers and how they compare with AHA limits.

Buying guides

• Does Matcha Contain Lead?

  Matcha can contain traces of lead because you consume the whole leaf. See published test results, what a lab report tells you and why lead free is rare.

• Vietnamese Green Tea: What It Is and How to Buy It

  What Vietnamese green tea is, where it grows, how lotus tea is scented, how much caffeine to expect, and what to check before you buy.

• Which Green Tea Has the Highest EGCG?

  No study names one best brand. See published EGCG figures for matcha, sencha and gyokuro, why they vary, and EFSA's finding on high-dose extracts.

Questions

• Can You Drink Green Tea on the Carnivore Diet?

  There's no official rule on green tea and the carnivore diet. See what strict versions allow, USDA calorie and carb data, and what research says.

• Green Tea Bath: What It Does and How to Make One

  Evidence for green tea bath benefits is thin. See what studies really tested, how to make a simple soak, and when you should skip it.