Tea lovers around the globe are very privileged, they have chosen to love a beverage that gives you the ultimate pleasure of choosing your favorite from a vast collection or just enjoying each and every blend that tea has to offer, this is clever indeed. The joy of discovering new tastes and qualities each blend has to offer is something unique, it gives you something to look forward to everyday. Tea producers are cleverly concocting varieties of blends to satisfy the ever growing demands of tea lover around the globe, and we are very much thankful to them. We know very well about the basic teas, such as the green, black and the white. But the other tea blends are as equally amazing as the well know basic teas.
Earl Grey
Earl Grey happens to be the most popular and well-known flavored blend in the world. Earl Grey Tea is made bu infusing black tea with oil or peel of bergamont, it is derived form a citrus tree found in Morocco, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Algeria. Along with a wonderful taste, Earl Grey has its health benefits as well. The prevention of heart disease is the most commonly talked about health benefit of the tea. The bergamont fruit, which gives Earl Grey its splendid flavor, contains enzymes known as HMGF (hydroxy methyl glutaryl flavonones) which helps attach proteins in the body that is known to contribute to cardiovascular disease. Tea blenders world wide have concocted many a variations to the popular blend such as Lady Grey, Duchess Grey, Dorian Grey, Lavender Earl Grey and many more.
Chamomile Tea
Chamomile is a her that comes form a flowering plant that belongs in the family of daisies. Dried and fresh flowers have been used to create teas for centuries and are used for medicinal purposes. The essential chamomile oils have been added to teas to create chamomile tea. Along with its spectacular taste and aroma, chamomile tea nowadays carry bountiful health benefits. It is a widely known fact that drinking a cup of chamomile tea is the ideal solution for insomnia. The mild sedative like qualities in chamomile help you get a good nights rest. Some goes for curing anxiety, depression, or stress, one cup can do many wonders. Chamomile tea is the best when it comes to curing the common cold. It helps you boost your immune system thus protecting you from numerous health issues.
Peppermint Tea
Peppermint Tea is famously known to be a herbal tea. Made with infusions of peppermint, its flavor appeals to many tea lovers around the world. Often known as Mint Tea, it is used as a dessert tea in the Middle East and in the North of Africa. Peppermint Tea has numerous health benefits that can render advantageous effects to your body. It is know that peppermint tea is the best solution for relieving stress and anxiety, the natural menthol that is naturally present in the tea is a muscle relaxant. If you have sinus problems peppermint tea is your solution, having a warm cup daily can bring instant relief to your sinus problems as well as help reduce soar throats. Peppermint tea is a known natural decongestant.
Chai Tea
Chai Tea is made with a spectacular blend of herbs and spices. Its is made using different formulas, but the key ingredients used in Chai Tea remains the same through out the years, these ingredients include cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, fennel, cloves and black pepper. The individual benefits of these ingredients when integrated provide copious amounts of benefits in one single cup. For centuries this tea has been used in India for medicinal purposes. Chai helps improve digestion, enhances the immune system, fights inflammation and has antioxidant properties along with the power of antibacterial and anti-cancer effects.
Jasmine Tea
Jasmine tea is scented with with the aroma of jasmine blossoms to make a scented tea. Generally jasmine tea has green tea as the base, but there are instances where white tea and black tea can also be used. The flavor of the tea is subtly sweet and extremely fragrant. The aroma alone form jasmine tea has health benefits, inhaling it can bring about a reduction in your heat rate and a sedative effect to your mood. Jasmine tea is widely used for aroma therapy. It prevents strokes and lowers your cholesterol and has many antioxidants that can help prevent cancer.
Cinnamon Tea
Cinnamon tea is black tea mixed with pieces of cinnamon. Its sweet, soothing, spicy and a tad bit exotic. Cinnamon is an easy spice that can be blended with a variety of things, and mixing it with tea gives the beverage and incredible amount of benefits. It is known that cinnamon tea is and ideal beverage to lower cholesterol and protect your heart. It has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties and is also know for anti-inflammatory properties. With a cup of cinnamon tea you can reduce aches and pains of arthritis and rheumatism.
Ginger Tea
Ginger is famously know to have copious amounts of health benefits, it has a spicy sweet flavor that makes your tea incredibly flavorsome and a joy to drink. Ginger is famously known in the kitchens of the Asian countries but when it comes to tea, ginger is famously known around the world. Ginger tea has the ability to relieve nausea, drinking a cup before traveling and can help prevent nausea and vomiting that is associated with motion sickness. Like many other teas ginger tea too can help fight cancer, it also helps with irritable bowel syndrome, and help with Alzheimer’s disease. Its a great tea to add to your beverage line up if you are on a diet, as it helps you stimulate your appetite and help in losing weight.
These are some of the well known blends of tea, people adore around the world. Its flavors entices your taste buds and leaves you wanting for more.
