Organic India Tulsi Green Tea Lemon Ginger 25 Tea Bags vs Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 is ₹330 dearer.
Organic India Tulsi Green Tea Lemon Ginger 25 Tea Bags vs Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
Organic India
Organic India Tulsi Green Tea Lemon Ginger 25 Tea Bags
₹190
Organic certification tells you how it was grown -- no synthetic pesticides or fertilisers -- and nothing about nutritional or therapeutic value, which is a distinction the category routinely blurs.
Full details →Twinings
Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
₹520
Almost everyone brews green tea wrong and then concludes they dislike green tea.
Full details →Who the Organic India Tulsi Green Tea Lemon Ginger 25 Tea Bags is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting certified-organic tulsi green tea who brews below boiling.
Avoid it if: Anyone expecting certification to imply proven health benefits.
Who the Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 is for
Buy it if: Anyone drinking green tea daily who will brew below boiling.
Avoid it if: Anyone wanting the subtlety of whole-leaf tea -- bags use fannings.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 11 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Organic India Tulsi Green Tea Lemon Ginger 25 Tea Bags | Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹190 | ₹520 |
| Bags | 25 | 100 |
| Caffeine | Green tea base, roughly 25 to 35 mg per cup, about a third of coffee | Roughly 30 to 40 mg per cup |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Brewing | 80 degrees C for 2 to 3 minutes. Boiling water makes green tea bitter | not published |
| Brewing temperature | not published | 80 degrees C. Boiling water scalds the leaf and extracts excess tannins, which is the bitterness most people think green tea simply has |
| Brewing time | not published | 2 to 3 minutes. Longer increases bitterness rather than strength |
| Catechins | not published | EGCG is the studied compound. Content varies with leaf grade and brewing, and bagged tea generally has less than loose leaf |
| Certification | India Organic (NPOP) and USDA Organic | not published |
| Leaf grade | not published | Bagged tea uses fannings and dust, which brew faster and less subtly than whole leaf |
| Tulsi | Holy basil, traditionally used in Ayurveda. Clinical evidence for specific claims is limited | not published |
| What certification covers | How it was grown -- no synthetic pesticides or fertilisers. It says nothing about nutritional or therapeutic value | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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