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• Chai tea is a beverage made from black tea and milk, seasoned with spices such as cloves, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom.Food N Beverage: Health Benefits for Chai Drinkers

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: India Food N Beverage: Health Benefits for Chai Drinkers
  2. AKA: Masala chai or chai masala BellaOnline: Chai Tea
  3. Low in caffeine BellaOnline: Chai Tea
  4. Sweetened with sugar or honey Food N Beverage: Health Benefits for Chai Drinkers
  5. Can be served cold or hot BellaOnline: Chai Tea

• Health Benefits

  Chai tea contains high levels of antioxidants, which may lower blood pressure and cholesterol.Fit Sugar: Chai Tea: Raise a Cup (February 7, 2007)

• History

  The original Indian chai tea was made by drying spices in the sun, grinding them by hand and then simmering the mixture over an open flame for at least one hour before serving. Some believe that chai tea was created to mask the poor quality tea that was available in India during the time it was colonized by Great Britain. Allegedly, the British reserved the good tea for themselves, leaving tea of poorer quality for the native population.BellaOnline: Chai Tea

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