White tea packs more antioxidants than black tea or green tea.
White tea packs more antioxidants than black tea or green tea. ( Photo: Silar/Wikimedia Commons)

It’s long been noted that green tea is better than black when it comes to health benefits. But it turns out that white tea actually tops them both, not necessarily in taste but as the one that packs the most antioxidants and health benefits.

Black, Green or White?
12 Jun 2026 | 01:28
Healthy Manhattan

Skip the black. Forget the green. The tea that packs the most antioxidant wallop is actually the palest of them all: white tea.

“Each type of tea offers unique flavors and health benefits,” noted Preventive Medicine Daily (PMD) so picking one over the poses what it calls a “happy dilemma.”

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