Autumn Spice Chai Herbal Tea Recipe…GORGEOUS and Tasty
This recipe for a unique and colorful autumn spiced chai is easy and delicious. It’s also warming and GOOD for you! This delicious spicy herbal tea recipe is caffeine free as it’s made without the black, green, or white tea (Camellia sinensis). Therefore, it’s MUCH better for you than coffee. If you need or want that little caffeine boost, you could certainly add a bit of black tea if you like.
Either way, this chai is beautiful with its colorful combination of pink peppercorns, yellow ginger bits, and additional roots. I’ve also included dandelion and burdock root to give this chai blend some extra liver supporting, natural detoxification benefits for you! You could certainly add some chicory root too!
Not only is it traditionally good for you on many different levels….it’s delicious too. One of the important ways these spices support our bodies in the fall is by helping strengthen our immune systems! How’s that? It’s immune-supportive while being incredibly tasty.
If you’re looking for a great gift for a tea lover, this recipe, these other chai recipes (green tea chai and rosy chocolate chai), and this tea lover’s gift guide can really help you out too!!
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Let’s take a look at what makes this chai so good for us, and then we’ll get to the recipe so you can make it too!
Benefits of the herbs in traditional and not-so-traditional chais like this one I’m about to share with you abound! Drinking your healthy cup of chai tea as a great coffee substitute (or in addition later in the day) is going to help your body in numerous ways.
Here are the benefits of some of the main herbs used in most chai blends:
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp):
Cinnamon is antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant, and anti-diabetic (source). In regular language, this means cinnamon can help keep you well, provide your body with important nutrients, and regulate blood sugar. Cinnamon also helps with circulation and warming the body.
It’s also fabulous used in homemade tooth powder (both for taste and the health of your mouth), and its got some anti-inflammatory properties as well.
Overall, it’s just an excellent herb or spice to use daily in normal amounts!
Ginger (Zingiber officinale):
Ginger is the next traditional chai spice used in this blend. (I’ll get to the non-traditional herbs in a moment.)
Ginger, besides being so helpful for our digestion and a wonderful aid if nausea strikes, has many beneficial properties. To name just a few, ginger is anti-oxidant, neuro-protective, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory. It can help slow down oxidative metabolism, which affects the aging process as well. (Source)
Scientific studies are showing that ginger’s many benefits make it a wonderful addition to your healthy daily diet.
You can find out about the benefits of ginger essential oil here. And if you want to start your own ginger bug for some great natural soda pop, you can find out more in that link too.
Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum):
Most of us are familiar with how helpful cloves can be for mouth and tooth health, but cloves have MANY other benefits as well!
One of these benefits has to do with regulating lipids in the body, as well as glucose levels. Studies done on rats have shown clove can support healthy weight as well as improving insulin resistance (Source).
Cloves are anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antifungal, and help with circulation and blood sugar! Besides being a quick remedy for tooth pain, you can see that using cloves in your daily diet may have some wonderful benefits.
You should know that ingesting too much of this wonderful spice may interact with some medications, so be sure you run all use of herbs by your medical doctor. See disclaimer below.
And here is a recipe for pineapple-clove kombucha that tastes like a dream. If you’re looking for natural soda drinks….kombucha is a winner.
Check out the Healing Harvest Homestead (HHH) School of Botanical Arts & Sciences! There’s something for you there!
I love this infuser. It fits perfectly onto a regular cup or a quart Mason jar! It’s large capacity makes sure the tea has room to infuse! You can find it here.
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans):
Nutmeg is a warming, antimicrobial, antioxidant aromatic spice that contains metabolites that positively affect the digestive system and the kidneys. I love it simply because it tastes SO good. It’s like getting a little eggnog kick all year round!
Now for the Liver Loving Roots in this Chai Recipe: Dandelion and Burdock:
Both of these herbal roots, harvested in the fall, provide loads of support for one of your most important organs: the liver. Often known as “blood purifiers,” these special roots help tone and strengthen the liver, improving its function.
If you are dealing with toxic overload from environmental chemicals or skincare products, consider adding a little root medicine to your diet.
You can clean up your skincare act by using “clean” and safer products. If you don’t have time to make your own, and just want to buy skincare and makeup you can trust, take a look at safer skincare.
Now….Here is the Autumn Spice Chai Recipe!
I use the traditional “parts” method, so you can make your measurement be anything you’d like. You can find out more about this in my YouTube video for this recipe.
3 parts cinnamon chips (broken up cinnamon sticks, or you can buy them cut and sifted as I use them here)
2 parts ginger chips (also called cut and sifted)
1 1/2 part to 2 parts pink peppercorns
1 part dandelion root
1 part burdock root
1 part star anise
1 part cloves
1 part nutmeg (I used whole nutmeg and crushed it in my mortar and pestle. If you use ground nutmeg, use half of one part.)
NOTE: The links above are to Amazon for your convenience, and sometimes I do buy my herbs there. But most often, I like to purchase my herbs and culinary spices from Starwest Botanicals because that’s their expertise and I can trust the quality completely.
NOTE of CAUTION: For a very small number of people, pink peppercorns may cause flatulence. You might want to start with a small amount of this tea to start off.
To Make the Tea:
Just blend your herbs in a large bowl, and store them as you would store other fine herbs and spices. To use your chai, I suggest anywhere from 1 tsp to 1 tbsp per cup of water. Let steep for 15 -20 minutes for a nice cup of tea.
If you are more hardcore, like Mr. V., my husband….he uses about 1/4 to 1/2 cup per quart Mason jar and steeps the herbs for a much longer time. He actually leaves the herbs in his liquid and sips on it all day. However, most people prefer to strain out the herbs.
Personally, I love using a tea infuser cup like this one. And I have several of these travel infuser cups, and I brought them with me every day when I used to teach school! Super convenient!
You can find out more about how to brew a perfect cup of tea here.
Final Thoughts on This Unique Chai Tea Blend Recipe
One of my favorite activities is blending and creating my own herbal teas for pleasure and health. For many years, I didn’t even like herbal teas at all! But then I started learning herbalism so I could take care of my family’s health needs naturally, and my love of herbal tea developed along with my herbalism skills.
If you’re reading this article, though, you probably already love herbal tea, you’re looking for the perfect tea blend to make for a tea lover in your life, or you simply love chai tea! :-) I hope you’ll consider giving this recipe a try! It’s REALLY good!
You may also enjoy these related articles:
How to Blend Your Own Chai (Create Your Own Recipe)
How to Stay Well this Winter Plus Cold & Flu Remedies
Sensuous Skin & Healthy Hair Herbal Tea
Happiness Tea for S.A.D. (Seasonal Sadness)
Liver Loving Herbal Tea: The Best Detox Tea Ever!
Lung Support Tea: Safe for Kids Too
And there are a TON more herbal tea recipes and plant medicine articles on my website!
Have you thought about learning about The Art of Tea for Pleasure and Health? You might like my course, which you can find in the Healing Harvest Homestead School of Traditional Skills.
If you’d love to take an Herbal Medicine Making Basics Course, or a full-on Home Herbalist Course designed to give you confidence making your home remedies, take a look at the Healing Harvest School of Herbalism, Aromatherapy, and Traditional Skills!
Here’s to a natural, healthy life!
Hugs, Health, and Self-Reliance,
Heidi
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FDA Disclaimer: I’m a certified aromatherapist and herbalist; I’m NOT a medical doctor. In no manner, stated or implied, is any statement meant to treat, cure, diagnose, or prevent any disease or illness. These statements have not been evaluated the the FDA.
Other Resources:
http://www.chai-tea.org/benefits.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4003790/
https://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/benefits-of-cloves/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5222521/
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Here’s a recipe for the perfect chai tea blend you can make at home. It’s a wonderful coffee substitute, it’s easy, delicious, and good for you too! It’s also just beautiful! Find out how to make this for friends and family. Makes a great homemade gift too. #chai #chairecipe #tea #teablendrecipe #herbaltea #howtomake #teagift #autumn #wintertea #healingharvesthomestead