Masala chai is the proper name for a spiced tea drink from India that has become very popular in the West in recent years. Chai simply means tea in Hindi, and masala refers to a blend of spices. Chai is a caffeinated tea beverage, made with milk and usually sweetened with honey. The spices that ...
Known for centuries only to tribes in South Africa, rooibos tea (pronounced ROY-boss) has created a buzz among American herbal infusion enthusiasts for its healthy reputation and its versatility. This so-called “red tea” is really a caffeine-free tisane made from the leaves of the rooibos plant. In Afrikaans, the word rooibos actually means “red bush,” ...
Many home cooks toss mushrooms into a salad, add them to spaghetti sauce, or sautee them as a side dish, but few consider the health benefits these fleshy fungi have to offer. Although they’re composed of more than eighty percent water, the lowly button mushroom has much to contribute from a nutritional standpoint and they’re ...
Tea seems to be the hot new health drink in America with many people embracing it in its various forms both for taste and for health benefits. While not as widely known but still growing in popularity is kombucha. Kombucha is a form of tea that’s fermented using colonies of bacteria and yeast which results ...
