Green Tea Recipe with Citrus

Green tea can also be enjoyed as a cold beverage.  Here’s a recipe for a cool, fruity green tea and citrus drink.  NOte:  a juice machine is suggested for this recipe.  If you do not have a juicer, you may use a blender.

Green Tea with Citrus

2 oranges

1/4 lime

2 Tablespoons crystallized ginger (found in the spices aisle)

1 cup brewed green tea, chilled

Peel oranges, leaving some of the white pith.  Put oranges through a juice machine.  Pour orange juice and green tea into a blender.  Add crystallized ginger and blend for about 30 seconds.  Add ice and garnish with citrus slices. Makes 2 servings.

Green Tea Decaf Kombucha, 16 Tea Bags, 1.12 oz (32 g)

Green Tea Decaf Kombucha uses the same delicious recipe as our Green Tea Kombucha but is naturally decaffeinated. Our organically certified CO2 decaffeination method removes only the caffeine while leaving all of the beneficial polyphenolic elements of Organic Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) intact. This method also maintains the antioxidant properties and delicate flavor of our delicious, organically-grown Green Tea. Unlike other green teas, this special organic Green Tea has a delicate flavor with no bitterness. This formula incorporates

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Long Life Herbal Teas Organic Green Tea with Mint 20 Tea Bags

Green tea blended with mint leaves is an ancient combination and one of the most popular blends in many parts of the world. From the Darjeeling region of India, this naturally mellow green tea makes a smooth brew, ideal for enjoying all day. Suggested Use: For Herbal and black teas, bring fresh cold spring water to a rolling boil. For green tea, heat just until steam develops but not to a boil. Pour 1 cup water over each tea bag and allow to steep 3 to 5 minutes. The longer it steeps the better it tastes. Relax, enjoy the developing aroma and color, anticipate the pleasure of a perfect cup of tea. Customize your tea - because herbs extract at different rates you can increase sweetness or intensity simply by steeping longer. Decaffeinate your green and black tea naturally! Pour hot water over tea and allow to steep for 30 seconds. Discard this water, add more hot water to complete the brewing process - steeping an additional 3 - 4 minutes. This will reduce the caffeine by 80%. Ingredients: Our distinctive dry tea begins with 400 year old traditional tea recipes which include no artificial flavorings, sweeteners, colorings or preservatives. Our tea bags and filter papers are unbleached and Dioxin-free with unbleached 100% cotton strings. We do not use aluminum staples or glue. Individually wrapped envelopes are convenient for travel and each bag offers a special proverb as well. Our packaging is designed to be earth friendly. We use only recycled paperboard, soy-based inks and aqueous coatings. There\’s also a perforated punch-out on the bottom for easy dispensing. Long Life is a Quality Assurance International (QAI) Certified Organic Manufacturer.

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Green Tea Coca-Cola

So if you know you should be drinking green tea for your health, but you just can’t get away from that soda habit, Coca-Cola has an answer for you.  Green Tea Coca-Cola!  I guess the official name is Coca-Cola Plus. Apparently Coca-Cola felt they needed to capture some of the bottled tea market. 

This new taste combination arrived in Japan in June ‘09.  It boasts of anti-oxidants and catechins as well as a bit of green tea after taste.  I’d be curious to know how many catechins it contains as compare to a cup of green tea.

I’ve read a few reviews of this product.  Most seem to think it tastes like Coke Zero.  And most have said that there wasn’t as much green tea flavor as expected.

Here’s a video of one of the reviews.  I’d like to hear what you think of this product.  Good idea?  Have you tried it?

How to Decaffeinate Green Tea

Though green tea does not contain as much caffeine as coffee or even black tea, there may still be occasions when you want to drink it without the caffeine. Learn how to do this naturally, yourself.

How To Naturally Decaf Your Tea - The best bloopers are here

Green Tea Sugar Scrub

Using a sugar scrub is an easy, cost effective way to pamper yourself. It’s primary ingredient, sugar, exfoliates dead skin cells, making your skin soft and glowing. When you gently massage the skin with a sugar scrub you are helping to improve circulation which helps eliminate toxins in the body. The addition of green tea in the following recipe gives the added benefits of antioxidants to your skin. Here’s the recipe. You can follow along with the instructions in the video.

Green Tea Sugar Scrub
1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup carrier oil (sweet almond, apricot, olive or jojoba oil from a health food store)
1 green tea bag
a few drops essential oil (optional)

Green Tea Chocolate Homemade Face Mask

Both green tea and chocolate can beneficial in skin care.  You may be thinking that chocolate causes acne, but actually pure cocoa powder and dark chocolate contain many properties that can help with the heart, brain and skin.  They contain epicatechins (bioflavanoid antioxidants) similar to those found in green tea.  One cup of green tea contains 10-40mg of flavanoids, while 10% of cocoa powder (by weight) are flavanoids.  These are rapidly absorbed by the body and help reduce the inflammation that causes many skin problems.

You can use both green tea and chocolate at home in your skin care routine.  Here’s an easy and delicious natural facial mask for you to try.

Green Tea Chocolate Facial Mask

Ingredients:

• 1T of green tea
• 2 T cocoa powder
• 1 T honey
• 1 teaspoon of oatmeal flour

This mask will not dry out the skin and is good for all skin types.  The honey anti-bacterial and acts as a humectant, drawing moisture to the skin.  The green tea and chocolate supply antioxidants and astringent properties.  The oatmeal adds a touch of exfoliation and is soothing to sensitive skin.

This recipe makes enough for one application.  It also tastes delicious, so while you’re waiting for the mask to dry you can eat the remaining chocolate mixture and drink the green tea.  Here’s to your skin health and pure enjoyment!