By: Divine Energy Park |
Yogi Tea - Reservoir of Health in a Cup |
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Black tea is a favorite beverage in China, Japan, India, Russia and Great Britain.
Depending on the culture, it is enriched with various additives for a better flavor and purpose.
Brits like it with milk, Russians with slice of lemon, while in India the most popular tea is yogi or masala tea.
Masala is a spices mixture, mostly warm spices such as ginger, cloves, cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, nutmegs and anise.
They warm the body and have a powerful antioxidant effect that can prevent various diseases.
Fresh ginger and pepper provide masala tea with sharpness, and cardamom gives it a special flavor.
Health Benefits of Yogi Tea
Yogi tea is consumed not only for pleasure but for health benefits as well.
You can drink it when having digestion or intestines problems because it reduces gassiness.
It stimulates metabolism and can be useful in losing weight.
Yogi tea helps with diarrhea or stomach pain and provides relief from viral gastroenteritis.
It boosts immunity system and gives energy and vitality. If you feel tensed or stressed, healing mixture of this tea will make you calm and reduce stress hormones.
Scientific evidence show the consumption of black tea reduces cancer development. The reason is that it is rich with antioxidants that slow the skin ageing process and prevent the death of skin cells.
Black tea increases the elasticity of blood vessels which leads to a better blood flow. Evidence also show that it reduces the risk of brain stroke.
Scientist have conducted a research on more than 500 people that showed that flavonoids in black tea reduce harmful cholesterol and thus decrease the risk of brain stroke and heart attack.
Due to caffeine contained in black tea, it immediately improves vigilance, concentration and memory.
How to Prepare Yogi Tea
Yogi tea is made of water, black tea, yogi spices and milk (optional).
It is recommended to add a little bit of whole milk, since milk fat increases its density. You can use any type of milk.
You can also make it sweet. This beverage is very popular in India and is drank regularly instead of coffee.
It is better to make it sweet by using natural sweeteners such as honey, agave syrup or stevia.
If you are lactose intolerant, it is recommended to add rice or almond milk. Soya milk is not recommended since it destroys the original flavor of yogi tea.
Yogi tea can be made in several ways.
One way to prepare it is to add milk and water in equal proportions, for example one cup of water and one cup of milk.
Put two spoons of black tea into water and leave it to boil. Then add a cup of milk and leave it to boil for the second time. Remove it and filter the tea.
You may put yogi spices immediately after you have boiled it for the first time, or after you have added the milk, depending on the aroma you want to accomplish.
If you prefer more intensive flavor and aroma, boil the tea a little bit longer. After you have boiled the tea for the second time, lover the heat and leave it to boil but no more than few minutes.
The other way you can prepare yogi tea is to immediately mix water with milk and leave it to boil. Then add black tea and spices and leave it on low heat no more than 5 minutes.
During preparation mix the tea the whole time for it to get a creamy texture, as Indian people recommend.
The longer you melt the spices, the tea will have a stronger taste.
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