Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 Hi my name is Anne Marie pardon my ignorance but what does yoga tea do for you? Does it have specific healing qualities or something. I have never heard of it before. Thanks for any info. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2001 Report Share Posted August 20, 2001 Famous Yogi Tea Makes 2 gallons of “raw” Yogi Tea. Ingredients: 16 sticks of cinnamon [the 3" long kind] 1 heaping TBSP of black peppercorns 2 level tsp of whole cloves 3 level TBSP of green cardamom pods, or decorticated cardamom seeds 2 2/3 cups of fresh ginger, chopped small A small palm-full of black tea like English Breakfast, or jasmine, or 6 tea bags Recipe: Bring 2 gallons + 1 quart of water to a boil in a stainless steel pot. When at boil, put in the cinnamon sticks, cloves, peppercorns, and ginger. The mixture will stop boiling. Keep the heat on high until it boils again and then lower the heat to a very slow rolling boil and cover the pot. Boil for 1¼ to 1½ hours. Remove from the flame and let the tea sit for 1½ hours at least, but not more than 3 hours. Strain the spices out. Throw in the tea leaves, bring up to heat and steep for 10 minutes, stirring as you like. Strain the tea leaves out. This beautiful yogi tea liquid, called “raw” yogi tea, is them mixed to taste with milk. I recommend whole milk for better body. Use a ratio of 50% tea, 50% milk, but some of you may like it stronger. This recipe, though, creates a more potent raw tea than other recipes, so you may find diluting it 50/50 is fine indeed. After adding milk, bring the mixed tea back up to a near boil. Sweeten with honey. Use 1/3 cup honey per gallon of mixed Yogi tea. You will have an easy time mixing the honey if you use a blender to blend 2 or 3 cups of the hot mixed tea with the honey and then add that back into the batch. For a special touch, add 1-2 tsp of vanilla extract per gallon of mixed tea. The raw Yogi tea will last 2 weeks in the refrigerator, but once it is mixed, it has a life equal to that of milk, so mix only what you'll use in the next few days. Comments: I used this recipe x3, making 6 gallons of tea every week for 7 years, at Guru Ram Das Ashram, St. Louis. I did the additional step of peeling the ginger, which gave it a “smoothness” that will really gratify. One principle I believe in is the instruction to keep the pot at a low rolling boil and covered. The rolling boil distributes the ginger and spices continuously, and keeping it covered keeps the spice essences in the tea, rather than getting lost into the air. Do not neglect the final part of the recipe, steeping tea leaves or tea bags in the brew. The small amount of caffeine added is an essential part of the Ayurveda formula that makes this tea health promoting as well as delicious. J-Songbird wrote: > Dear Gururattan Kaur, > Would please post the recipe for yoga tea once more? If you don't want > to post it again, e-mail it to me directly at <j-songbird. > Thank You very much! > Sat Nam & Namaste > Joe Grant > > Peace and Blessings > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the Groups Member Center (My Groups), or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga > NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! > WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > > KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from > kundalini yogaclasses.html > > Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical Books & Videos on Kundalini Yoga & Meditation. Also Meditation & Mantra CDs. > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2001 Report Share Posted August 21, 2001 Sat Nam, Thanks for the yogi tea recipee. If you are concerned about caffine keep the tea only in 2 minutes. Sat Nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2001 Report Share Posted August 24, 2001 i will try that guruattan next time i make it.... i like it potent... and i LOVE ginger... =) > Dear All, > > I put my ginger in the food processor so it gets cut up real small. It is > worth the time to peal the ginger because then the tea does not get cloudy. > I grind all my other spices in a coffee grinder. This takes full advantage > of the spices. It also makes the tea very strong. And the color dark. I > love it this way. I know no one else who makes it this way. To say the > least it is potent. > > Sat Nam, > > Gururattan Kaur > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2001 Report Share Posted August 24, 2001 Dear All, I put my ginger in the food processor so it gets cut up real small. It is worth the time to peal the ginger because then the tea does not get cloudy. I grind all my other spices in a coffee grinder. This takes full advantage of the spices. It also makes the tea very strong. And the color dark. I love it this way. I know no one else who makes it this way. To say the least it is potent. Sat Nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2001 Report Share Posted August 25, 2001 Sat Nam, One more thing on Yogi tea. You can use dried ginger that you by in bulk in a health food store. This is very convenient. You always have it and lasts indefinitely. It can also be ground with the coffee grinder. Dried ginger is good to generate internal heat for us cold types. ( You can also use both at the same time.) Sat Nam, Gururattan Kaur > i will try that guruattan next time i make it.... i like it potent... and i > LOVE ginger... =) Lets us know how you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2001 Report Share Posted August 25, 2001 You can also dry your own ginger, slicing it and putting it in the oven on very low heat for a while. Then place it in a sealed jar. It works wonderfully. Love Always, littlebird Leslie AKA Guru Chiter Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2001 Report Share Posted August 25, 2001 Sat Nam, Would someone like to put together all the information shared in the past weeks on yogi tea into one file? We will put it on www.kundaliniyoga.org and have a link for future questions on the topic. Thanks, SAt Nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2001 Report Share Posted August 25, 2001 As a newcomer to the list, I do not know what spices other than ginger are in Yogi Tea. (perhaps this too can be added to the file) - Gururattan K.Khalsa <rattanak <Kundaliniyoga> Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:40 AM Re: Re: Yoga Tea Recipe > Sat Nam, > > Would someone like to put together all the information shared in the past > weeks on yogi tea into one file? We will put it on www.kundaliniyoga.org > and have a link for future questions on the topic. > > Thanks, SAt Nam, > > Gururattan Kaur > > > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the Groups Member Center (My Groups), or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga > NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! > WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > > KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from > kundalini yogaclasses.html > > Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical Books & Videos on Kundalini Yoga & Meditation. Also Meditation & Mantra CDs. > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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