Ingredients: Rooibos tea, ginger, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, black pepper

Cup Characteristics: Spicy chai is perfectly balanced by sweet rooibos

Options: Excellent choice to make a cup of hot chai tea latte with milk and sugar

Benefits: The health benefits of Rooibos tea have been valued in South Africa for centuries. Recent research indicates rooibos tea is rich in powerful antioxidants, which help to slow the aging process, reverse the visible signs of aging and fight inflammation, but it can protect us from chronic disease, such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

Fun to know: Rooibos is well known to be one of the most relaxing hot beverages one can brew. The needle shaped leaves of the Rooibos bush, which produce a caffeine free drink that is noted by nutritionists and health consultants the world over for its soothing character. Masala chai, with its base mixture of ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, clove, and black pepper, is generally considered to be one of the more overtly spicy examples of all blends. Interestingly the mixture of these two distinct characters gives this chai a lovely sense of balance. Think ying and yang, night and day.