Cardamom Tea

Herbal Tea - Herbal Remedies

Cardamom tea is very popular in India. It is one of the main ingredients in delicious Chai Tea. Many delicious teas contain cardamom spice. Cardamom has wonerful flavor and aroma, and as a tea, it is both delicious and has many health benefits.

Cardamom Health Benefits - Tea

Cardamom has some excellent healing properties as a herb and holistic healer. It has been used for 1000's of years to treat the following conditions:

Cardamom can prevent digestive problems & flatulence
Cardamom can prevent nausea and vomiting
Cardamom can sooth an upset stomach
Cardamom can prevent pulmonary disease
Cardamom can be used as an expectorant
Cardamom can help treat colon cancer in some instances

So with all these wonderful benefits, and the great taste, cardamom is an excellent additive to any cup of loose black tea. We have another great article about Cardamom the Herb. You can check it out and come back here to read about making Cardamom Herbal Tea.

Here is a basic recipe for Cardamom Infused Black Tea.

Cardamom Tea Recipe

Here is the basic recipe for making a black tea infused with cardamom. Traditional Chai tea has many more ingredients and you can check out our recipes for Yummy Chai Tea here. It is a great instant chai tea recipe and makes a wonderful gift. Now here is a recipe for Cardamom Black Tea.

1 Teaspoon loose leaf black tea
1 pod of Cardamom, peeled
1 1/2 cups of boiled water

You can steep the tea and the cardamom as you normally would steep your tea. Just like with loose leaf tea, you can re steep the cardamom, just steep it a little longer on the next brew.

Sweeten with sugar and add milk if desired. It is delicious. Cardamom blends well with other herbs too. Some of the herbal companions to cardamom are:

Cardamom Cinnamon Tea
Cardamom Black Tea
Cardamom Clove Tea
Cardamom Nutmeg Tea
Cardamom Ginger Tea
Cardamom Anise Tea
Cardamom Fennel Tea

Cardamom & Chai Tea Ingredients

There are many many different chai tea recipes out there. There are three standard spices and often others that are blended to flavour traditional chai tea.

The 3 herbs that are always in a chai tea recipe are:

Cardamom
Cinnamon
Cloves

Different variations of chai tea also combine some or all of the other herbs in the above cardamom tea list.

There are other tea blends that contain cardamom as well - our Ayurvedic Tea tea collection has cardomom as an ingredient in two of these fair trade organic teas. Vata and Kapha Tea.

Cardamom Plants

Cardamom is actually part of the ginger family. It is a root type plant that creeps and spreads by a rhizome under a few inches of soil. It is cultivated mostly in India and the Mediterranian, however I have seen Cardamom plants for sale in local North American nurseries and garden centers. It is tender, and will not over winter in most American Gardens.

Where to Buy Cardamom

Like with all our tea herbs, we recommend Mountain Rose Herbs for purchasing your cardamom. It is USDA Organic and top quality. You can get up to a 40% discount for bulk orders. Visit their site by following the banner below.