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= Organic Kashmiri Chai = Organic Kashmiri chai is an aromatic loose leaf tea created by Davids Tea. Kashmiri chai is originally an Indian spiced tea beverage from Kashmir - a northern Indian region - that has been altered and evolved by Davids Tea for a new original taste. This is a green tea with detoxifying agents and inspired by Kashmir's use of cardamom pods. Kashmiri chai is also called noon chai, gulabi chai, or pink tea. Davids Tea has added cinnamon, ginger and marigold flower extract to ensure a new and light chai taste.

Organic Kashmiri chai is categorized as medium caffeine levels, in a 16 oz. serving of this tea, there is 20-39 mg of caffeine. This tea is certified organic and kosher. Davids Tea is gluten free and virtually no sugar, carbohydrates or calories.

History
Originally Kashmiri tea is a pink coloured salted tea beverage native to Kashmir. This is a popular and common drink to the population and taken daily. Drinking this tea is a long historical tradition in Kashmir families, and served in a flask or brass utensil kept warm by burning coal. Among rural locations in Kashmir that are dense with folks that practice agriculture professionally, noon chai is much more prevalent. Due to the soda bicarbonate, the locals believe that this tea has digestive properties. Historically this tea is a Kashmir folklore that it is refreshing in the warmer temperatures and fights off the cooler temperatures. Diverse cultures in Kashmir add baking soda to the beverage to enhance the taste.

Ingredients
The loose tea leaves of the Organic Kashmiri Chai is a collection of green tea, cinnamon, cardamom seeds, ginger, cardamom husk, clove buds, and marigold flowers. Green tea is the most popular drink in the world after water. The mixture of tea and cinnamon has the ability to improve metabolic syndrome, glucose, lipids, insulin and decreases neurodegeneration. Green tea and cinnamon functions as antioxidants. Organic Kashmiri Chai is a mix of dried spices, tea leaves, and flower buds. All ingredients are organic based and dried.

Cardamom
Cardamom is considered the queen of spices because it is highly valued and has an extremely pleasant taste and aroma. This spice is native to southern Indian moist evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and has the same origin as black pepper. Cardamom is a common treatment for digestive issues and beverage after heavy meals to assist in the digestive process. This spice has antioxidants, antimicrobial activity and anti-inflammatory properties. Cardamom is used as a laxative to cure stomach pain and flatulance, as well as a cure for indigestion, nausea or vomiting, and pulmonary diseases. Cardamom seeds can be chewed to help with foul breathe and neutralize caffeine in people that drink a lot of caffeinated beverages. Cardamom seeds, oil or tea is often used to settle morning sickness in pregnant women. Cardamom seeds are most often used in culinary practice to flavour food.

Clove buds
Clove buds are an aromatic flower bud in the Myrtaceae tree family. This is an Indonesian native plant. Cloves are the dried flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum and a high source of antimicrobial fighting agents, commonly used to fight oral bacteria and dental diseases. Syzygium aromaticum is an evergreen plant that looks like a the shaft and head of a nail and grows 30 feet tall. Clove buds are a deep brown colour with a strong odour. Cloves are extracted from the plant, dried and pressed. They are used to help boost immune systems and treating colds. Cloves and their aromas are used to treat tooth and oral pain, acne, altitude sickness, and relaxing natural air freshener. Clove buds are of the most used and utilized spice in the world, and highly valued.

Ginger
Ginger is spice that comes from a flowering plant, used as culinary spice or medicine. Dried ginger is a mass of roots from the herb called Zingiber officinale Roscoe . Ginger can be fresh, dried, pickled, grounded, preserved or crystallized. Different forms of ginger has different concentration levels. This spice is used most often for nausea, pain, and inflammation. Ginger is used to treat stomach cancer, assist in pregnancy discomfort and ascites. In Korea, dried ginger is found in 165 over the counter medications and included in 36 naturopathic formulations. Ginger is also very influential in fetal development. Ginger has a taste that is both spicy and sweet, the smell is pungent and peppery.

Preparation
Organic Kashmiri Chai is pre-mixed and pre-packed by Davids Tea. Preparing Organic Kashmiri Chai is best done by using David's Tea perfect spoon, which is 2.5 tsp of tea and two perfect spoon is 5 tsp or 1.5 tbsp. An 8 oz cup would need 1/2-1 perfect spoon, for 16oz use 1-2 perfect spoons, for 1L use 2-4 perfect spoons for a hot tea. For iced tea, 8 oz is not an ideal size because it is a little too small, 16 oz would require 1-2 perfect spoons, 1.5-2L would require 4-8 perfect spoons. For a standard 16oz, first boil 475 ml of water to at least of 85℃/185℉ for hot tea and use 295 ml of cold water for iced tea. Use 1-2 perfect spoon sized servings for each 475 ml of water. Once the water is boiled and the tea is measured out, add the water to the loose tea leaves and steep for 3-4 minutes. After the tea is steeped, it can be sipped hot or sipped on ice for iced tea. Most important factor in preparing a cup of Organic Kashmiri Chai is scooping the appropriate ratio of tea leaves and water.