Green tea

Green tea is made from the Camellia sinensis plant. Its dried leaves and leaf buds are used to make several different teas, including black and oolong teas.

Green tea is prepared by steaming and pan-frying the Camellia sinensis leaves and then drying them. Green tea is not fermented, so it’s able to maintain important molecules called polyphenols, which seem to be responsible for many of its benefits. It also contains caffeine.

Green tea contains caffeine and it has been used to increase alertness. Green tea has also been used to reduce the risk of cancer, to lower cholesterol, and to reduce the risk or delay Parkinson’s disease.