Green Tea Smoothies ~ are not only delicious, but they’re chock full of nutrients and so many health benefits; especially when you add a ‘super-food’ or two, some healthy fats, and a few organic fruits and vegetables.
I use to make my Green Tea Smoothie with Matcha tea, but because I have not yet been able to find a quality Matcha tea outside of Japan, and since the Fukushima accident I no longer buy tea from Japan(1) ~ I now make it differently.
I brew up a small pot of loose leaf green tea(2) using twice the amount of tea I normally would. I steep for the same amount of time (as I do not want the tea to become bitter), and I use this green tea as the base for my smoothie.
Here are a few of my own concoctions. If you don’t like anything, just leave it out, and if you want your smoothie sweeter, add a couple of extra de-pipped dates, a pinch of stevia, or a teaspoon of coconut sugar.
Golden Spice, Green Tea Smoothie ~ serves two
- 1 glass of cooled green tea
- 1 glass of coconut or almond milk
- 2 bananas
- 1 dessertspoon of coconut oil
- 1 dessertspoon of maca powder(3)
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of ginger powder
- Dash of black pepper
- Smidgen of stevia or a teaspoon of coconut sugar if you want it sweeter.
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Green, Green Tea Smoothie ~ serves two
- 1 glass of cooled green tea
- 1 glass of coconut or almond milk
- 1 avocado
- Handful of spinach
- 6 mint leaves
- 2 medjool dates (de-pipped)
- 1 heaped teaspoon of spirulina(4)
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Berry and Banana, Green Tea Smoothie ~ serves two
- 1 glass of cooled green tea
- 1 glass of coconut or almond milk
- 1 cup of frozen berries of your choice (a blueberry, blackberry, raspberry mix is superb)
- 2 bananas
- 1 dessertspoon of flaxseeds or flaxseed meal
- 1 dessertspoon of maca powder
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Enjoy immensely~ both the taste, and knowing that you are loading your body with all sorts of good stuff to build strong bones, fight cancer cells, look after your brain, reduce inflammation, prevent premature aging, and enhance the loveliness of your skin. ~ GreenWitch Tea
If it is the greatest truth that you seek, the plants can direct you. ~Goethe
(1) Japanese tea after Fukushima (2) GreenWitch Tea for your smoothies
(3) Health benefits of maca (4) Health benefits of spirulina
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been waiting for you next blog and you didn’t disappoint great article love the green tea instead of the matche tea will be trying all these for sure now which one do i have first
Thanks Mark… love that you were looking forward to the next blog, you’ve made my day :-))
I hope you try all of them… enjoy… and blessings!!!
Please . .show me the leaf of green tea . and what brand i should use?
Hi Ahmuu, down the bottom of the blog, link (2), I have suggested which teas on my site work well for the smoothies. There are pictures of the tea, including the leaf, if you check the link. I am particularly partial to sencha as a base, but I think it is a matter of a personal taste. Many blessings… :-))
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get the issue fixed soon. Many thanks
Thank you, I will look into that… Blessings :-))