Blog - All About Teas
Celebrate the Festivals of India with the Perfect Cup of Tea
With various festivities like Diwali, Christmas, and New Year right around the corner, thousand of tea...
Why Is Assam Black Tea the Best Black Tea?
Many tea drinkers love a cup of tea that’s rich in flavor and have a pleasant aroma. Assam black tea is one such tea.
How Senior People Can Live Longer By Embracing a Certain Tea Specialty
The last year was an eye-opener for many, especially senior people. Those who were following a healthy diet for years came out as clear winners. Unfortunately, those with poor diets paid a heavy price – many even lost their lives.
World Heart Day 2023: Tea Is Good For Your Heart
If you’ve been a regular on this blog, then you’ll know we emphasize...
Why Golden Tips Darjeeling Tea Is Best
When it comes to tea, there is no better experience than drinking a warm cup of gourmet single estate Darjeeling loose leaf tea. However, unfortunately, rising global demand and market saturation has led many inferior, low-quality, or fake brands to penetrate the market.
Green Tea vs. White Tea Which Is Better?
Tea is arguably the best beverage you can have, but with so many options, it can quickly become confusing. Of course, you should try all sorts of teas and research their benefits, but as you drink more teas, you'll develop preferences for taste and properties.
PROCURED TOP 5 TEAS FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICES IN THE PAN-INDIA AUCTION BY TEA BOARD OF INDIA
PROCURED TOP 5 TEAS FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICES IN THE PAN-INDIA AUCTION BY TEA BOARD OF INDIA
Herbal Teas Boost Immunity During Monsoons
That’s right! Herbal tea is a boon during the monsoon season. You can opt for various herb blends to calm your senses, stabilize your body temperature, and prevent the onset of wet weather-related illnesses, especially cold and allergies.
The Best Teas for Digestion
Tea has traditionally been a medicinal drink for thousands of years, treating digestive problems, illnesses, and ailments for generations. Modern science has also proved and linked the health benefits of various teas with digestive problems and other issues.
The best part is that most of these digestive teas are widely accessible and very easy to make, making them the perfect beverage when you have stomach issues.
The Best Teas for Digestion
Here are some of the best teas for digestion that can help you improve digestion and treat symptoms of digestive problems.
Black Tea
Black tea is perhaps the most common tea globally, black tea is a great digestive tea with many health benefits. It is packed with healthy compounds and antioxidants that suppress inflammations to protect from stomach ulcers and relieve indigestion. It may also help with other digestive issues like constipation.
Peppermint Tea
Peppermint oil is known and often used to reduce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), such as gas, bloating stomach aches, and intestinal inflammations. Peppermint tea may have the same effect, mostly due to the menthol in the peppermint leaves, which helps improve such digestive problems.
However, further studies on peppermint tea are needed to prove these benefits conclusively. Still, anecdotal evidence has repeatedly shown that the effects of peppermint tea are consistent with those of peppermint oil.
Divine Potpourri - Licorice, Peppermint, Rose, Fennel, Hibiscus & Green Tea
An energizing blend of fine green tea with Licorice, Peppermint, Rose, Fennel and Hibiscus is perfect for the health-conscious. This specially crafted blend makes for an extremely aromatic and flavourful cuppa.
Oolong Tea
Oolong tea is a great digestive tea if you are not sensitive to caffeine. It helps your digestive system by alkalizing the tract, and it can also help people with stomach ulcers and acid reflux by reducing inflammation.
Moreover, oolong tea can help clear up the bad bacteria in your stomach because of its slightly antiseptic nature.
Sparkling Oolong Tea - Tin Can
Extraordinary oolong tea from Darjeeling, a go-between black and green tea having properties of both. Tenderly Grown and expertly processed in select estates, Darjeeling Oolong Teas are made from finely plucked leaves, usually two leaves and a bud. This beautiful leaf tea-type is semi-oxidized and abundant in anti-oxidants with several health benefits.
Masala Chai Tea
Masala chai has plenty of anti-inflammatory properties, and ingredients like clove, cardamom, and tulsi are incredible digestive aids. In specific, masala chai tea with cardamom can help increase saliva production, which is great for oral and digestive health. If you add ginger to your masala chai tea, the benefits for digestion increase exponentially. (more on ginger ahead)
Green Tea
There are countless known and proven benefits of green tea, and some of them are great for digestion. The polyphenols and catechins found in green tea are highly effective for digestive issues. They can reduce inflammation in the digestive tract, and ulcers in the stomach, and soothe the system for an overall healthy digestive system.
It also helps that green tea is one of the least processed loose leaf teas you can find, making it a highly organic, natural, and healthy option for digestive aid.
Ginger Tea
Ginger is a spice packed with shogaol and gingerol compounds. This spice is great for promoting stomach contractions, soothing the stomach, and helping you empty your stomach. Hence, ginger tea is ideal for indigestion, gas, bloating, and stomach cramps.
It is also incredible at reducing nausea from motion sickness, pregnancy, or chemotherapy. While sliced fresh ginger roots are your best option for making ginger teas, ginger tea bags are also highly effective and soothing.
Conclusion
The digestive teas we have included in this post are great for digestion and preventing stomach issues. Regular drinking may also help protect your stomach from health issues like stomach ulcers, inflammations, and cramps.
Of course, all loose leaf teas are extremely healthy and great for many other things apart from improving digestive issues and symptoms.
To learn more about the best teas for digestion or the best loose leaf teas for other health benefits, visit our website.
Green Tea or Black Tea - Which Tea Is Better in Summer?
Many tea drinkers ask about green tea vs. black tea for summer. Let's discuss this in some detail to understand each tea, its benefits, and which tea you should have in the summers.
Bedtime Teas for Better Sleep
You may not know this, but there are several types of teas that can help you sleep better at night. It may sound odd, considering that tea contains caffeine, but there are teas with low caffeine that can often help with sleep.
Future of yoga and corporate wellness is inextricably linked together
First published on The Telegraph India ; contributed by Madhav Sarda, Managing Director, Golden Tips Tea
Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the ancient practice is thought to be even more significant in terms of building immunity and addressing mental health concerns
Covid-19 has been an unprecedented human tragedy which has thrown almost every sphere of life completely out of gear. This once-in-a-century pandemic, beyond its impact on physical health, has also given rise to mental health issues, including depression and anxiety, as Covid-related restrictions were introduced all over the world in various forms. There is an urgent need to address the mental health aspects of the pandemic in addition to the physical ones. In the search for a holistic solution, many people globally have embraced yoga to stay healthy and rejuvenated.
Now, against the backdrop of the pandemic, yoga is thought to be even more significant in terms of building immunity and addressing mental health concerns. The fatalities caused by Covid were maximum in individuals with co-morbidities and reduced immunity levels. A weak immune system leaves us vulnerable to diseases and also undermines the body’s ability to fight various ailments. Yoga can build up immunity and preserve good health of the body and mind. Today, the ancient Indian philosophy of yoga has attained world-wide approval.
Recognising its universal appeal, on December 11, 2014, the United Nations proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of Yoga by a resolution. The day aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practising yoga. In fact, yoga is very relevant in our modern lifestyle too.
Importance of yoga in promoting corporate wellness
From an outsider’s perspective, yoga on the one hand and business organisations on the other seem to be worlds apart. But are they really? Practising yoga can have a lot of benefits for those who work in the corporate world and can go a long way in helping employees to give their best to their respective organisations. That is the precise reason why many brands have included yoga in their corporate wellness programmes.
The biggest issues employees face today are stress and ailments relating to bad posture and job pressure. Yoga, through its many asanas and breathing techniques, teaches us to move in ways that realign posture, help release tension, and promote more functional movement patterns.
In today’s modern corporate world, where digitisation has engulfed almost all business verticals, employees spend 12-13 hours a day sitting in front of their laptops and other electronic devices. The repetitive movement that these devices demand can cause neck and shoulder strain and back problems apart from mental stress.
Coupled with these reasons, a fast-paced life, pressure to perform and shallow breathing patterns drain employees’ energy levels and increase vulnerability to various ailments. As a result, yoga sessions at workplaces are becoming increasingly common because they are a relatively low-cost and a preventive healthcare measure.
Given the severity of stress levels in the corporate world, especially in the senior management, yoga could turn out to be a lifeline for holistic well-being and a means of steering the radar of sustainable growth and development of an organisation.
It will serve corporate houses well if they could organise yoga sessions in the office premises regularly. Yoga could enhance productivity indirectly too. As the employees enjoy good health, the number of sick leaves taken due to health and stress-related complexities could reduce, which could give a fillip to the productivity per employee.
Some user-friendly asanas to relax the body and mind
Not all yoga asanas are complex and cumbersome. Some easy asanas which help us deal with stress and keep us young and energetic are described below.
Pranayama
Pranayama is one of the most popular yoga asanas as it helps to reduce stress, increase oxygenation and improve blood circulation to the face and other parts of the body. Devoting a few minutes to practise Pranayama daily allows a natural cleansing of the system. Close one nostril with the fingers followed by breathing in through the other nostril. The air should be inhaled in short sniffs. Then close the second nostril and breathe out. Breathe in again through the other nostril and breathe out the same way. Do this eight-10 times at a stretch. This purifies the bloodstream and reduces stress.
Shavasana or the corpse pose makes you mindful of your breathing, lowering hypertension, ensuring enhanced focus and mental well-being. Lie down on your back, arms around six inches away from the body and legs slightly apart with palms facing upwards. Take deep breaths, relax your mind and body. But be mindful that you do not fall asleep.
Shavasana
Dhanurasana
Dhanurasana is known as the ‘bow pose’ and is one of the easiest yogasana that strengthens the digestive system as well as the back and abdominal muscles. It also increases the flexibility of the spine. It helps prevent diabetes, relieves back pain, and strengthens the thigh muscles. Dhanurasana is also excellent for removing toxins and flushing the system. It promotes blood circulation and reduces stress too. It benefits the skin, making it clear and adds a glow.
Paschimottanasana pose is a simple and traditional hatha yoga asana in which the back of the body is stretched out. It is one of the best yoga asanas for the healing of the entire body. In Paschimottanasana, your body is folded inwards, stretching the areas from your calves to your hamstrings to your spine.
Paschimottamasana has tremendous health benefits and covers up the entire body system. Its primary focus is on the spine, but it is also responsible for boosting energy levels of the body.
Paschimottanasana
