How to Make Authentic Yogi Tea

This authentic Yogi Tea is a spiced tea, and so delicious made with only six ingredients you probably already have at home. PLUS it’s an amazing digestive tea that boosts the immune system. Forget detox tea!

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Make authentic yogi tea at home.

This yogi spiced tea recipe is so delicious and an easy way to get your healthy beverages. It’s the perfect drink for a between-meal snack.

What is Yogi Tea?

Yogi tea is a spiced tea, a traditional tea from India made with a combination of warming spices. It’s designed based on Ayurvedic medicine to enhance digestion, increase circulation, and boost your immune system.

Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and part of the Indian Philosophy dating back to 700 BCE. It includes the use of herbal blends in beverages and cooking with the addition of spice combinations.

With this easy and delicious traditional yogi tea recipe, you can make the real thing right in your kitchen! Yogi tea uses warming spices you probably already have. Just six simple ingredients.

1. 1. cardamom
   2. cinnamon
   3. cloves
   4. black peppercorn
   5. ginger
   6. black tea

Is This A Yogi Detox Tea?

Many detox teas contain ingredients that increase gastrointestinal movement. The Yogi Detox Tea contains intestinal cleansing herbs such as Dandelion and Burdock. The Dandelion in Yogi Detox Tea stimulates bile production in the liver while acting as a diuretic. The combination of increased water and bile in the intestines softens stools, while Burdock facilitates bowel movements.

This yogi tea recipe is a spiced tea recipe designed to support your immune system and does not contain these cleansing herbs.

Yogi Tea Recipe

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Pro Tip:

For the black tea, I recommend a robust black tea such as an English Breakfast, an Indian Assam, or a nice Chinese Keemun. You want to select the type of black tea that holds up well to milk and sugar to balance out the intense spice flavors.

All spiced tea blends use cardamom. It’s the most important and also the most expensive spice in the mix. In fact, cardamom is one of the most expensive spices in the world. The good news is you don’t need a lot of it to flavor your yogi spiced tea.

How Do You Make Yogi Tea?

It’s similar to an Indian Chai but with more of the emphasis on the medicinal aspects of the ingredients and in higher quantities.

This recipe makes 4 cups of yogi tea spiced tea. You can easily create a single serving by quartering the ingredients. Just click on the 4 in the recipe SERVINGS and move the slider to 1. Tada! Recipe for one. How cool is that?

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Authentic Yogi Tea Recipe

Spiced tea recipe made with only six ingredients. A delicious and easy way to stay healthy, it's a digestive tea that also enhances the immune system.

Course Drinks

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Chai Tea, Spiced Tea, Yogi Tea

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories 123 kcal

Author Mary Ann Rollano

Ingredients

• 16 cardamom pods
• 2 cinnamon stick
• 12 cloves
• 24 black peppercorns
• 4 slices fresh ginger
• 2 tsp black loose tea
• 5 cup water
• 2 cup milk
• 2 tsp honey

Instructions

1. In a saucepan, add all the spice ingredients to the water. Do not add the tea and the milk yet.

2. Bring water to a boil.

3. Turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

4. At the end of the simmering, add the black tea and steep for 5 minutes.

5. Add milk.

6. Reheat until JUST before the boil. Remove from heat.

7. Stir in honey.

8. Pour through a strainer into a large glass pyrex measuring cup.

9. Pour into individual serving cups.

Recipe Notes

After you add the milk watch it very closely. When the milk just comes to the boiling point be sure to take the pot off the burner just before the milk begins to froth up. Be careful as this will happen very quickly.

 

Nutrition Facts

Authentic Yogi Tea Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 123 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Fat 4g6%

Saturated Fat 2g13%

Cholesterol 12mg4%

Sodium 72mg3%

Potassium 279mg8%

Carbohydrates 17g6%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 9g10%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 200IU4%

Vitamin C 2.1mg3%

Calcium 202mg20%

Iron 1.4mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This spiced tea recipe is based on the original Yogi tea recipe from the book: The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs.

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What Are The Benefits of Yogi Tea?

Spiced teas contain a high amount of antioxidants that help strengthen your body’s immune system.

Cardamon:  One of the world’s most expensive spices, right next to vanilla and saffron. It’s a seed from India. The seed pod is a member of the ginger family and is useful for enhancing digestion and reducing gas. It increases mental clarity and, when added to milk, neutralizes mucous forming properties.

Cinnamon:  Cinnamon is a warming digestive enhancer. Cinnamon also has antiseptic and antibacterial qualities. Cinnamon contains large amounts of highly potent polyphenol antioxidants. Some studies show that the antioxidants in cinnamon have anti-inflammatory activity.

Cloves: A tropical spice and another warming spice good for digestion. It reduces gas and is suitable for stiff joints due to its anti-inflammatory properties.

Cloves are used frequently to relieve gum pain and sore throats and often used for an upset stomach. It is also a good source of Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Calcium and Iron, and an excellent source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Magnesium, and Manganese.

Black peppercorns: The most well-regarded blood purifying medicine in Asia. Black pepper helps to relieve sinus congestion. Black pepper is also a digestive aid and immune enhancer as well and a mild circulatory enhancer.

Ginger: Ayurveda calls ginger universal medicine. There’s nothing in Ayurveda that doesn’t benefit from ginger. Ginger is a mild digestion enhancer. Ginger enhances all the systems in your body, including immune function. Ginger is used for menstrual cramps and joint pain. It’s very well known as an arthritis remedy for osteoarthritis.

Ginger tea may help relieve nausea and gastric distress.

Black tea: In this recipe, tea is used to synergize the other ingredients and adds to the taste. The tea used in this recipe is minimal, but you can add more to your liking. Tea is a good source of antioxidants that may boost your immune system.

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Which Spiced Tea is The Best?

I’ve written about several different spiced tea recipes on this blog in the past. I love them all. But the best-spiced tea is the one you make at home. Making spiced tea at home offers the benefits of great tea with fresh herbs and spices.

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Each recipe has its variation of spices blended with tea. Sometimes fruits are added. Traditional ayurvedic spiced teas are mixed with spices specifically designed to promote health and enhance a sense of calm.

It’s a much healthier digestive tea than all those crazy detox teas. I could drink this tea every single day!

Sources:

The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs

RSC Chemistry World: The Spice of Life

Guide to Medicinal Herbs

The New Complete Book of Herbs, Spices, and Condiments

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies

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