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Tea is a beverage that is presumed to offer all types of health benefits. Due to its antioxidant properties it is purported to help prevent cancer, reduce hypertension and boost the immune system.

While green tea has been touted as the wonder tea of choice for several years, many experts say that drinking any type of tea can provide health benefits.

The types of tea, whether white, green, black or oolong, vary only in the way they are processed or grown. All tea comes from the same plant: Camellia sinensis.

What determines a type of tea?

Fermentation, also known as oxidation, or the exp...