1. Good for the immune system

Like other types of tea made from the camellia sinensis tea plant, black tea is extremely high in antioxidants. Cinnamon bark, cardamom, and cloves are also high in antioxidants. Chai tea is a wonderful source of antioxidants, so helping reduce free radicals in your body and promote your cellular health. 

2. Importantly at this time of year it fights off colds

When you’re feeling under the weather, a decent cup of chai can actually help to ease symptoms of the common cold, or even ward off colds . Black tea contains catechins with antiviral properties that may also contribute to the prevention of common illnesses like colds and flu. Ginger contains antimicrobial properties that can help to fight illnesses like sore throat. Cinnamon contains unique antibacterial properties that can sometimes to protect against infection and keep you healthy. Also cardamom and cloves also contain antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, so making a cup of chai tea is a great choice if you want to stay well this winter , Go On Go 

3. Boosts your heart health

Ingredients in chai tea have amazingly been shown to help boost heart health. Basically black tea contains flavonoids, these can help prevent plaque buildup in the body’s arteries, which reduces stress on the heart. Cinnamon is also been shown to help to treat cardiovascular diseases and reduce harmful cholesterol.

5. Improves your digestion

Drinking chai tea can also help to improve digestion. Ginger is also a powerful digestive aid, and drinking ginger can help to improve gastrointestinal symptoms and so help the digestive system to work better, and of course cardamom has many digestive benefits .

6. Good for skin

Black tea is high in a variety of vitamins and minerals that are good for the skin, including zinc, magnesium, and potassium, all of which can help to protect and help rejuvenate the skin, and of course  drinking tea is also a great way to stay hydrated, which will help your skin look healthy and fresh. 

7. Increases your energy and your alertness

Black tea is an energizing tea that can help to increase alertness and focus. Black teas like chai tea contain moderate amount of caffeine to give us all a welcome boost of energy, and the caffeine in black tea helps to encourage our focus and alertness.

8. Reduces inflammation in the body

Chai contains plenty of ingredients that can help with inflammation, including black tea, ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom. Black tea can help  reduce inflammation in your body, which can help soothe muscle soreness and chronic pain, and  ward off inflammation-related diseases .

Cinnamon has also been shown to help reduce inflammation and soothe pain. If you’re suffering from temporary inflammation, or dealing conditions like arthritis, a cup of cinnamon tea can have great  anti-inflammatory effects.

Ginger can help with inflammation too, and has been used for many centuries in herbal medicine for its powerful anti-inflammatory effects. Cardamom also contains anti-inflammatory properties.

These ingredients all make chai tea a great choice if you’ want to reduce inflammation in your body.

9. Good for skin

Black tea is high in a variety of vitamins and minerals that are good for the skin, including zinc, magnesium, and potassium, all of which can help to protect and help rejuvenate the skin, and of course drinking tea is also a great way to stay hydrated, which will help your skin look healthy and fresh. 

10. Good for the old teeth

Many caffeinated beverages, contain  heaps of sugar, tea of course does not and has been shown to be good for oral health. Black tea contains compounds that attack harmful bacteria within your mouth, which can help prevent the buildup of plaque. Ginger and cardamom also contain antimicrobial and antifungal properties that help to kill off harmful oral pathogens. This can help to improve your the health of your teeth .

• The best tea for vegans and those drinking less milk 

Mrs Doyle's Irish breakfast tea is the winner of the best Irish breakfast tea on the island for the last 5 years and is so smooth that it tastes as good without milk as it does with Milk .

Mrs Doyle says its because of the finest teas and her secrete method of blending teas . There are other types of teas that work great without milk so here's Mrs Doyle's list    

• Oolong tea is a perfect tea any time of day
• White tea gives a great choice
• Yellow tea for those of us with an even milder taste
• Green tea is perhaps the best for a healthy option
• Try Ripe Pu’erh for a darker richer choice
• Earl grey is great for the zesty option
• Fruit teas will always  be  great in on a sunny day
• looking for something different try Rooibos tea 
• in the evening try Chamomile 

Its almost Saint Patrick's Day and Mrs Doyle is of course Irelands most famous tea lady so here's her favorite green tea mocktail ! So go on enjoy Irelands National day and go green 

Here's how you do it,  make a pot of Mrs Doyle's minty tea, not too hot, add a dash of ENNIS Irish non alcoholic gin, with a dash of lemon and a little lime juice and garnish with a few little Irish shamrocks and if your Canadian , may be a little maple syrup 

ok here's  the ingredients 

• Mrs Doyle's Minty tea 
• Ennis non alcoholic inspired gin
• lemon and a little lime juice  
• Irish shamrock 
• and a dash of maple syrup

Chamomile is a lovely herb in the daisy family, loved in many cultures as it has  various medicinal qualities and is rich in  flavor. It's  the main ingredient in herbal sleepy tea and lots of people drink  chamomile infusion at bedtime to help themselves sleepy better.

Chamomile  dried herb infuses to a rich yellow-gold ,buttery and slightly vegetal smell. Chamomile  tea’s flavor is slightly spicy, and has a little buttery smell . If you want to improve your sleep? forget counting sheep!  chamomile sleepy tea might be the perfect herbal bedtime drink and best of all a Mrs Doyle's sleepy tea can be infused at least twice and is great in summer as its really refreshing over ice. So go on fall asleep with chamomile sleepy tea and wake up to Irish breakfast tea ..its a dream 

1. what if you want to cut back on your intake of milk and diary but love a little milk in your cup of Irish breakfast tea ? If you fee like messing around with almond milk, oat milk, cashew milk or rice milk well best of luck , but honestly, these alternatives are all good but its just not a decent cup of tea. However things are about to change ! Well Mrs Doyle loves vegans, she loves everyone and so she has come up with her brand new Irish tea specifically designed for all of us who want our cup of tea without milk or any thing else pretending to be milk ! Yes this new blend is so silky on the taste buds you wont even notice there's no milk !                                                 Mrs Doyle's and her team of lovely girls have been working in their tea lab for the last year during the Irish lockdown and have come up with an amazing Irish blend that is perfect without milk ! Mrs Doyle being a perfectionist and with her PHD in Tea decided to test the new blend  on the total population of Ireland for 1 month last year in 140 Aldi stores across the island and the feedback was amazing , its just as lovely without milk ,close your eyes and you cant tell!  that's how lovely it is !  so Go On and check it out  now exclusively on sale on Mrs Doyle's online shop www.mrsdoylesteashop.ie   Go on be nice to your self for lent 

What Irish Breakfast Tea Can Do

Irish breakfast tea is a blend of teas composed mainly of Assam tea and African kenya tea and because its a blend of these great herbal teas, the benefits of Irish breakfast tea is totally increased. Irish breakfast tea contains polyphenols, catechins, the amino acid L-theanine, and tannins. It's these that helps the Irish breakfast tea act as an antioxidant, astringent, and diuretic. These components have really great health benefits, such as possibly fighting cancer cells and preventing heart disease and possibly preventing the onset of diabetes. Irish breakfast tea can also help reduce stress and increased concentration, and help with increasing your immune system. Irish Breakfast Tea also contains the really important fundamental minerals like calcium, zinc and magnesium, especially great for antioxidant activity. There just are so many benefits to Irish breakfast tea, but which  brand of Irish breakfast tea is the best? well if you get a pack of Irish tea in your Christmas stocking, remember Mrs Doyle was thinking of you !  in every way , so Go On Go !

Can Mrs Doyle's green tea can help you lose weight? yes it can !  this seems to be due to the presence of lots of antioxidants and nutrients that can provide lots of health benefits.

Many studies have shown that green tea can increase fat burning. Green tea has a high concentration of vitamins and minerals, as well as it's low calorie content, which can increase  your metabolism so improving your body's ability to burn energy.  

The large range of antioxidants , called catechins can help burn fat and boost metabolism .As Green tea is full of  antioxidants which help combat cell damaging free-radicals so  boosting your immunity system. Green tea also contains an  ingredient known as theanine, which is  a type of amino acid , which can help reducing stress and again  this can help in losing weight.

1st of December , cold outside , be nice to your self or some one you love , Go On make a Mrs Doyle's hot toddy ! how to make the perfect Toddy ?

Get a pack of Mrs Doyle's Irish  tea, put water and tea  in a pot, bring  to the  boil and then remove from heat and steep for 4 minutes, strain into a large mug, add a little honey, then a little brandy, rum, or whiskey on top of the drink., finally squeeze lemon into the cup and enjoy 

What's the best tea for winter ? well Mrs Doyle has been researching this  for the last decade with her team of food scientists based at Ireland's University College Dublin and the results are in,which show that Oolong teas and Black teas are best for preparing us for a cold winter. These two  types of teas gives us a warming and nourishing feeling, which have been shown to help fight the feelings of fatigue and weakness which many of us experience during the long dark winter months, so go on put on a pot of Mrs Doyle's decent Irish breakfast tea or be posh and go for a cup of Oolong tea .