In this clip, Dr. Sunyatta Amen appears on Fox News and breaks down how to make good chai.
“Chai really just means “tea,” and it’s a spice tea. So, all over Africa, all over India, people drink chai every morning and it’s whatever you have. It’s a kitchen sink of a tea. But the great thing is that the herbs and spices that are in chai are very warming to your system. They are designed really to warm the organs to help repair. So it’s a great alternative to coffee,” she explains.
Watch Dr. Amen craft three unique chai blends.
Watch the clip below.
About Dr. Sunyatta Amen
Tea-EO and Head Witch in Charge, Sunyatta AmenBorn to Cuban, Syrian-Jamaican and Native American parents who owned health food stores in Harlem, Sunyatta Amen has always been interested in using food and beverage to help other heal. Now, she has used her years of research to start Calabash, the highly-acclaimed tea bar based in Washington, D.C. For more than three decades, the culture behind cuisine has been Sunyatta’s passion and she has been a highly sought-after authority on wellness and indigenous foodways.Her eponymous radio show ran Pacifica Networks for 16 years and has since transitioned to TV host and is a frequent correspondent for the Karen Hunter Show, NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Pacifica, ABC, and The Smithsonian Channel. She has been spotlighted by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Discovery Channel, Thrillist, Eater, Marie Claire and Essence.
