Cranberry Tea Benefits are increasingly being recognized for their anti-bacterial and antioxidant properties. Long a familiar fixture in the American Thanksgiving meal, the cranberry fruit is now being touted as a 'superfood' possessing potent healing properties, especially in the area of urinary tract infections. It is important to note that adding sugar to the cranberry tea cancels out the antibacterial properties of the tea.

The cranberry plant is a small evergreen shrub and trailing vine, which grows in mountain forests and damp bogs that stretch from Alaska to Tennessee. It has slender, wiry stems and evergreen leaves. The cranberry bush produces pink or purple flowers in the spring and bright red berries in the fall. The cranberry has a tart fruity taste and is rich in vitamin C. Many people prefer to derive the health benefits of the fruit through cranberry tea rather than cranberry juice, as the former is seen as possessing less calories.

Cranberry tea can also be used to overcome asthma attack.  The berries contain an active ingredient similar to that in the drugs used to control asthma.