Difference Between Top Tea And Lipton Yellow Tea

Lipton tea and top tea are two popular tea brands in Nigeria. They make up more than half of all sales. Both brands have different types of tea to serve different people.

Top tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to China as well as other East and Southeast Asian countries. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.

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There are many different types of tea; some have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavor, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral, or grassy notes. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.

Difference Between Lipton And Top Tea

Year Of Introduction

Lipton yellow label tea was first made in 1890 but was introduced in Nigeria in 1985. Too tea on the other hand was first launched in April of 1988.

Manufacturer

The Lipton Yellow Label Tea is an age-long tea brand manufactured by Unilever plc. Top Tea is another age-long-popular brand that is packaged by Promasidor Limited.

Packaging

Lipton tea has a net weight of 50g with 25 bags in it. The tea bags come as loose tea, rolled into small balls like gunpowder green tea. The pack is yellow with the lipton badge.

Top Tea has a net weight of 47.5g with 25 bags. The Top tea comes in the form of big round tea bags. The pack is red with top tea signature logo.

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Composition

Lipton Yellow Tea is made from the processed leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis. It also contains polyphenols. Lipton Tea contains 6.88 mg of caffeine per fl oz (23.25 mg per 100 ml). A 8 fl oz cup has a total of 55 mg of caffeine.

Top tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis and also has ginger flavor. Top Tea contains 100% black tea which is a type of tea that has undergone more oxidation (chemical reactions) than other types of tea, such as green teas. Top Tea contains an antioxidant called theanine. The caffeine content is less than 50 mg in a cup of top tea.