Cardamom Tea: Useful Properties and Cooking Secrets

Tea is an amazing drink that brings great benefits to our body. It can be brewed both independently and by adding various spices to it.Today we will talk about the beneficial properties of exotic tea with cardamom and reveal all the secrets of its preparation.

Tea has beneficial properties and has a positive effect on health and the body as a whole, and if you add other ingredients to it, the benefits increase significantly. In many countries of the world, for several centuries they have been drinking tea with various spices, for example, they add cardamom or nutmeg to the brewed drink and even drink it with a badie. This tea helps not only to improve the mood and enjoy the special taste and aroma, but also enhances the body's ability to deal with many ailments.

Cardamom is a surprisingly healthy spice with a special, even slightly specific taste. About ten percent of it consists of essential oils, this spice also contains various fatty oils, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vitamins of group B, PP and C. Undoubtedly, this spice can not but have a positive effect on health person If you properly prepare a drink with such spice, then its use will have a positive effect on the brain, help to increase concentration, normalize digestion and improve appetite. In addition, this tea is great for colds and even bronchitis.

Vitamins and oils, contained in spices and tea with it, help to freshen breath, relieve toothache, increase overall body tone and strengthen immunity. Useful spice drink is recommended to use for constipation and other problems with the intestines and digestion.

The aroma and special taste of such a drink perfectly uplifting, allowing you to forget about the seasonal blues. Also, the drink helps to relieve fatigue that has accumulated during the day, so it can be consumed after dinner, especially since such tea normalizes sleep and helps fight insomnia.

Separately, it is worth mentioning that this drink is very popular among those who are watching their weight and carefully trying to get rid of extra pounds. Essential oils, which are contained in cardamom, help to normalize the metabolism and speed up the metabolism. Cardamom also helps to eliminate toxins and wastes from the body.

As for contraindications, in such diseases as gastritis, hypertension and ulcers, this spice can be harmful to health. Also, it is strictly not recommended to use during pregnancy and lactation. In case of allergy and individual intolerance, such a drink should also be abandoned. Therefore, before you brew yourself a spicy aromatic drink, be sure to consider all these contraindications.

In order to drink with this spice brought the maximum benefit to your body, it is worth brewing cardamom with green tea. It is this type of tea that is able to maximize immunity and reveal all the beneficial properties of spices. Of course, if you wish, you can use black tea - it all depends on your personal preferences, tastes and desires. There are many ways to brew such a drink and each recipe is unique in its own way. Despite the taste differences, the main thing is that the tea will be tasty and healthy.

• For the preparation of useful tea you need only four grains of cardamom. Fill the grain with purified water in an amount not more than half a liter. Bring to a boil and three minutes later remove from heat. The liquid must be filtered through a fine sieve. Once the drink has cooled, it is quite possible to use it yourself or add to taste in any of the freshly brewed teas.
• Take five to six spiced seeds and half an orange zest. Put everything in a saucepan, cover with a liter of water, bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes. Then in the prepared kettle we put brewing. Fill the tea with aroma extract, wait three minutes - and you can drink healthy tea. By the way, this drink is quite possible to use with honey. It is advisable not to add it to hot tea, but to eat a bit of it. Also, this drink can be drunk with milk.

• It is possible to brew a kind of tea, using a few spices. For this recipe, you need two kernels of cardamom, one stick of cinnamon, three peas of allspice, one star anise, and a teaspoon of black tea. All spices need a little knead in a mortar. Then pour them with a mixture of milk and water. You need to take milk and water in equal proportions, for example, two hundred milligrams. Boil the spices in the liquid for two minutes, then strain and brew the tea. This drink will be even more useful if you use it with honey.
• Take a teaspoon of green tea, two grains of cardamom, one cinnamon stick and a small piece of ginger root. Ginger should be grated and cinnamon sticks should be divided into several parts. We put everything in a heated kettle, fill it with hot water and leave for ten minutes. Then drink can be consumed with honey or dried fruit.

• In the evening, especially after a hearty dinner, you can brew tea, which will help to get rid of the heaviness in the stomach and improve the digestive process. Together with green tea we put in the liter teapot three grains of fragrant cardamom, a piece of ginger and three cloves. Tea must be infused for ten minutes. It can be consumed both hot and warm. In the case of overeating, it is recommended to use the drink yourself, without honey and other sweets.
• It is possible to make a drink without using the usual brewing. We offer a recipe that will help to prepare an aromatic decoction with a tonic effect: for one liter of purified water you will need six cardamom seeds, a teaspoon of cumin and coriander. Bring the water to a boil, put the spices and boil them for two minutes. Next, let the broth brew for fifteen minutes, filter and enjoy a fragrant drink.

Some more useful tips that will be useful to all those who love fragrant drinks with spices:

• in the event that you purchased cardamom in the form of whole seeds, be sure to remove the grain from the shell and only then eat it;
• buying seeds of this spice, pay attention to their color - a quality product should be pale-pistachio in color;
• in a ground form, the seeds lose their essential oils, therefore, it is necessary to brew the drink with whole grains, and not with ready-made powder;
• Grains of this spice should preferably be stored in an airtight glass or ceramic container;
• Badin, clove, cumin, ginger and fennel are perfectly combined with cardamom, you can add some spices to your taste and enjoy a new drink every time, but always take into account its features and contraindications before using it additionally
• such a spice as cardamom can be brewed together with coffee - this will give a special taste and aroma to the invigorating drink.

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