Learn More about Tibetan Tea

Chinese cuisine is a favorite of many worldwide. Tibetan tea is a tasty Chinese black tea from Yaan in Southern China. Named after these Tibetans, Tibetan Tea is a blend of great tea leaves. It is believed to have great health benefits for your mind and body. Drinking it will give you energy, clean your body and give you warmth when cold.

Types of Tibetan Tea

There are several types of this tea in the market today. This include:

Buttered Tibetan tea: Made of the yak butter brick tea, salt and water and is believed to make you strong and live longer. It warms the body, fights hunger and helps in digestion problems while cleansing the body of accumulated lactic acid. In the end, it rejuvenates your inner strength. This type of Tibetan tea tastes better when hot and is a favorite of monks during their meditation times.

 

Milk Tibetan Tea: Like the Common milk tea, this is made with milk but it has a unique brewing process. The tea, milk and sugar is brewed together to give it a distinct flavor in special pots made for the brew.

Black Tibetan Tea: This is without any of the additives and is a favorite of many weight loss fans around the globe. It comes in different blends of herbal teas and a sparkling iced tea drink. Tibetan herbal teas are a common herbal trends in the world today that have replaced the highly carbonated and caffeine enriched drinks in the market. These are made of different herbals additions to the tea leaves giving it extra rich benefits of the herbs.  Tibetan herbal teas are made in blends of saffron, Cordycepts, Snow Lotus, Jasmine and more. The Tibetan sparkling black tea resembles the common iced teas that can be taken cold or iced. Boosted with ginger root and honey or cane sugar the cold Tibetan iced tea is a good alternative to the calories in soft drinks.

 

Tibetan tea is always best when hot for the Tibetans and is a symbol of courtesy when to guests. Other benefits of this exotic drink include:

l  Weight loss. It is a diet tea with a high teophyline to burn fat effectively and faster

l  Antioxidant for fighting cancer. It has catechins, polyphenols and vitamins to protect from cancer

l  Prevents strokes and heart attacks by Lowering your cholesterol and heart disease through the catechins and polyphenols in it.

l  Helps digestion through the enzyme and bifidobacterium in them.

 

The tea is made by steaming of dried tea leaves and may cause flourisis that may harm your bones and teeth if too much of it is taken. Tibetan tea brewing companies have come up with different brands of the drink but the idea is the same. Whatever the occasion, the type of tea and the style you take in drinking the Tibetan tea, it is a good thing to appreciate the Tibetan culture which has made it possible for the world to enjoy the benefits of tea the Tibetan way.