This Green Tea Chai is superbly blended with fresh Asian spices for a real green tea chai. It is delicious especially with milk and sugar.  Chai is a type of tea that is prevalent in India and Sri Lanka. The ingredients in this tea are cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, curry leaves, lemon grass, cumin, sweet cumin and coriander. Chai is very common in India and Sri Lanka that is can be called the national drink. Medical journals laud the health benefits of green tea which contain significant number of polyphenols which are antioxidants, elements known to inhibit various types of cancers.  

(Turn your bag/tin upside down a few times as the spices can settle at the bottom of the bag)

Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea is loaded with antioxidants great for fighting off free radical cells known to contribute cancer. Consuming at least 4 cups of more of green tea per day can help wade off coronary diseases. Green tea antioxidants are dilators which help less clogging of blood arteries. Green tea extracts have been known to help weight management and reduction of LDL "Bad" cholesterol.

HOW TO BREW

(Temp Range 180 degrees)

Hot Tea: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 heaped tsp of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the tea pot. Cover and let step for 5-10 minutes (for true chai steep at least 7mins). While the tea is brewing, prepare your cup to receive the chai - put 2 tsp of sugar in the cup and add milk (about 20%) of the cups volume. When the chai is ready, pour in your cup and enjoy!

Iced Tea: (1qt/ltr) Place 6 tsp of tea in heat resistant pitcher. Add 1 1/4 cups freshly boiled water steep for 5 minutes. Add the serving pitcher with cold Water quarter way. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add milk, sugar, ice; fill the pitcher with cold water.