What is your favorite afternoon pick-me-up drink? This non-caffeinated herbal chai recipe is so delicious and so good for you. It is my favorite afternoon treat, uh, I mean healthy drink.

I love that you can whip up a big batch of herbal chai in advance and just make a cup of instant chai whenever you want.

This chai is a great traveling companion too. I carry a little bottle of this chai honey concentrate with me when I travel and just stir it into hot water for a cup of yummy, comforting chai.

The herbs and spices in your cabinet are so valuable when it comes to upping the health factor in your home. Let’s take a look at the spices in this herbal chai recipe.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon increases warmth and circulation and supports efficient digestion of fats and cold foods. It helps counteract the congestion that can accompany dairy foods. If you are suffering from a cough, cold, or sore throat, consider using cinnamon to quicken your healing process. Cinnamon will dissolve mucus and help resolve irritating coughs and bronchial congestion.

Coriander

Coriander relieves intestinal cramps and spasms, helps with anxiety and nervous tension, and can help regulate an overheated digestive system. This is yet another herb that is superb in helping with all things digestive. It has an anti-inflammatory effect throughout the body and is rich in potassium and other nutrients that inflammation pilfers from healthy tissue.

herbal chai recipe

Clove

The rich, warm taste and aroma of this spice has people wanting to hang around the kitchen. The scent of clove elicits homey feelings of satisfaction and contentment. This richly pungent and energizing dried flower bud has been used in healing acne, colds, constipation, coughs, dyspepsia, indigestion, intestinal parasites, muscle spasms, nausea, skin ulcers, sores, and toothaches.

Ginger

Ginger helps with colds, flu, and coughs. It relieves nausea, motion sickness, seasickness, and sore throats. Ginger increases circulation, gets rid of mucus congestion, settles an upset stomach, dispels gas, relieves aches and pains, reduces inflammation and menstrual cramps, supports the pancreas, and stimulates digestion. Ginger root is truly the universal medicine.

Black Pepper

Black pepper is the emperor of digestive aids. As one of nature’s strongest digestive stimulants, pepper bolsters the healing process in a number of belly complaints from bloating to constipation and indigestion. Pepper’s pungent and heating nature facilitates the dispersal of nutrients throughout the body. It also dissolves mucus, drains chronic sinus congestion, and helps you to digest and absorb what you consume.

herbal chai recipe

So, open up that spice cabinet of yours and get mixing to make this herbal chai recipe!

I would love to hear from you! Leave me a comment and let me know how you like this herbal chai recipe.

Herbal Chai

Author: Kami McBride

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp powdered cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp powdered coriander
  • 1 1/2 tsp powdered clove
  • 1 tsp powdered ginger
  • 1 tsp powdered black pepper
  • 2 cups honey

Instructions

  • Combine all the powdered spices.
  • Add to the honey and mix well.
  • To make a cup of chai, add 1 tablespoon of chai honey to 1 cup hot water (or 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup raw milk or almond milk).

 

Looking for more herbal chai recipes? Check out this Ashwagandha Rose Evening Chai.

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