The health benefits of tea are numerous and known. Battling between myths and facts, the average tea drinker prefers taste in his tea with a few health benefits popping up. And tea or chai spices can be incorporated in your daily cup to boost your health and early morning taste. Both black tea and green tea taste pleasantly when certain spices are added to them and increase their health quotient majorly. So which are the spices you ought to keep handy?
Cinnamon
Break a cinnamon stick or add one teaspoon of grounded cinnamon in your cup of black tea or green tea and steep for 8 to 10 minutes. Cinnamon significantly lowers LDL cholesterol and regulates blood sugar, along with improving cognitive function and memory. Cinnamon also makes the tea tastier, giving it a spicy aftertaste.
Cardamom
4 to 5 cardamom pods in your daily cup of black tea or green tea is the answer to all your stomach cramp queries. Used regularly in Indian and Chinese preparations of tea, cardamom also improves blood circulation in the stomach region, improving digestive abilities.
Clove
The most used spice ingredient of them all, clove tea has a variety of health benefits when regularly consumed. One tablespoon of grounded cloves per cup of black tea or green tea helps in the prevention of digestive tract cancer and joint inflammation. When used in tea, clove has marvelous effects in the dental region, working wonderfully for root canal problems, general gum pain and as an anti-bacterial agent.
Black Pepper
Black pepper and green tea, when taken together, promote a healthy lifestyle. 1 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper is ideal for anti-inflammation and anti-flatulence.
Ginger
The popularity of Ginger tea transcends nations as the spicy and energizing taste fits the taste bill of any tea, be it hot and steaming or icy and chilly. Ginger is one of the healthiest spices around and rich in antioxidants. A crushed or grated 2 inch ginger piece in your regular cup of black or green tea keeps away gastrointestinal problems, letting you comfortably get away with whatever you eat!
Fennel
Fennel has scientifically known to be the most useful of all spices when used in your cup of tea. 2 teaspoons of finely crushed fennel seeds in your teacup can keep away anemia, constipation, respiratory disorders, eye problems and dental problems.
So as you sit back and take a relaxing sip of your spicy black tea or green tea, do keep it in mind that all of these spices have a range of health benefits and keeps diseases and disorders far away from your body. On this World Health Day, take a pledge to spice up your teacup and keep yourself healthy.
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