Chai a healthier choice

Did you know that Chai Latte has many different benefits?

Chai is known for many people in Asia countries like China and India, it means tea.

Chai is known widely for its unique flavour, sweet and spicy.

Today we are going to explain how chai can provide health benefits that make this drink special and tasty.

In Café Pronto we offer organic chai from Colombia, fresh chai and powder, some of the ingredients are:

• Organic Colombian panela

• Cinnamon

• Ginger

• Star anise cloves

• Cardamom

• Nutmeg

• Black pepper

• Black tea

Normally fresh chai is a little bit stronger, due to their concentration.

Chai tea is also known as masala chai, all the spice mixture create a spicy aroma that awakens all your senses. The ginger give this spicy tea a little kick while cinnamon add an earthy tone to chai blends. The taste of the chai is often sweetened in order to enhance the robustness of the spice with a creamy texture.

If you are a sweet lover, most of our customers love chai latte with almond milk or rice milk making the taste even sweeter.

BENEFITS OF CHAI TEA

It can wake you up

Chai tea could be a replacement of coffee to try something different and add chai in your every morning and start it with extra energy.

Chai tea content caffeine because of the black tea leaves, which naturally contain caffeine. The amount that caffeine contain

Support your immune system

Winter is coming and one of the best way to build a healthy immune system is driving a few cups of chai tea every day in the morning. Cardamom is one of the ingredients, which has been staple of Tibetan medicine for centuries and also, it contains high doses of vitamin C and other nutrients that can help your immune system healthier.

Cardamom has good benefits, the difference between black cardamom is known for its antiseptic and expectorant qualities while green cardamom can help to clear sinuses and detoxify your body. The combination of this two are found in chai tea which have antioxidant and antimicrobial properties that help to fight off common colds, bacteria and fungus.

Help digestion

The spice in chai tea that is largely responsible for digestive is ginger, improving circulation and delivering oxygen to organs so they can perform optimally.

Black pepper is another ingredient found in chai tea, appearing with similar antibacterial properties. Black pepper may increase levels of digestive enzymes needed to properly break down foods and support optimal digestion.

Having an efficient digestive system, can avoid more severe problems such as liver diseases, iron deficiency and irritable bowel syndrome and reach your weight loss goals faster.

Alleviates nausea

Ginger as everyone know has many different properties and it can reduce nausea and its used to treat common ailments such as seasickness or nausea during pregnacy.

The compounds of ginger that help to treat nausea are known as ginger and shogaol. The blend of this two ingredients that have anti- inflammatory properties may work to soothe an upset stomach and alleviate stomach pain associated with nausea.

Aches and pain

The spices that chai tea contains can help to alleviate common aches and pains and sometimes help people with more severe pain such as arthritis. The ginger and clove from the chai tea have anti-inflammatories properties.

Ginger can ease pain ranging from minor headaches to migraines. At the same time, it increases blood circulation, delivering oxygen -rich blood cells to areas with aches and pains to alleviate the symptoms.

Cloves have been used to treat a variety of dental- related pains, such as dry socket and general tooth pain.

Control heart health

Chai tea also may help to lower bad cholesterol and blood pressure, due to the benefits of the cinnamon in chai. Researchers in their studies said that cinnamon contains oils that may help combat diabetes, which with the benefit of this compounds can helo to regulate blood sugar levels. Several studies have shown cinnamon as a potential aid for people living with Type 2 diabetes.

Black tea has also good heart effects by lowering blood cholesterol levels. Most researchers have observed that drinking at least four cups of black tea per day may slightly reduce blood pressure levels.

Helping prevent cardiovascular disease when consumed regularly over long periods of time.

This is all the benefits that Chai tea can offer you if you include it in your day to day.