No one knows if green-tea supplements have the same health benefits as drinking tea itself. Most scientists recommend consuming whole foods over supplements because of the possibility that other components within the foods are causing the positive outcome.
The reason for that is the type of tea we are consuming is changing.
The main thing that separates specialty teas from Lipton is that specialty tea is single origin, whereas Lipton is blended from two to three different crops.
Fifteen years ago the Tea Council was looking at a very stagnant market and they realized that something needed to be done to stimulate interest.
