Homemade Yogi Tea Recipe: delicious, healthy and a great holiday beverage

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If you love the Yogi Tea brand that's in the grocery stores, you'll

probably really love the homemade version! This recipe, though

slightly altered, is actually from the person who inspired the Yogi

Tea company in the first place, Yogi Bhajan, himself.

 

Yogi tea is a blend of super tasty spices that are so healthy for

you. It's good for digestion, has anti-inflammatory properties,

contains calcium, iron, manganese, anti-oxididants and helps regulate

blood sugar. You just can't go wrong with this herbal tonic, and it's

so delicious that it can actually be addictive! But it's a healthy

one!

 

This particular version can be made with either dairy or non-dairy

milk (i.e. soy, almond, hemp or dairy milk). Or, if you prefer, you

can also make it without milk. When it comes time to add it, you can

just put the same amount of purified water in it instead.

 

This recipe makes a pot-size full of tea, so it's perfect for a

party, the whole family or you can keep it in the fridge all for

yourself!

 

Here's the recipe:

Add the following to three quarts of purified

boiling water:

-30 whole green cardamom pods (you can put them in whole or crush the

pods slightly to open them a little)

-30 whole black peppercorns

-30 whole cloves

-6 sticks of cinnamon

-5 1-inch by 1-inch chunks of fresh ginger (no need to peel them)

-a quarter teaspoon of black tea (The traditional recipe states that

the black tea acts as an alloy for all of the other ingredients.).

 

Any of the ingredients and the specified amounts are completely

optional! You'll know once you experiment with the recipe, if you

want to alter it at all. But this one is pretty good!

 

Simmer on low for 25 to 30 minutes (too high will make it dissipate!).

 

Drain into a bigger pot, pouring the liquid through a strainer to

capture all of the spices so that only the liquid remains.

 

Then pour 4 1/2 cups of your desired milk or water, if you prefer,

into the pot, stir and heat it all up together.

 

After that, add to taste your desired sweetener to the tea such as

maple syrup, agave nectar or honey (but please no refined sugar, you

don't want to ruin a healthy thing!).

 

Then pour yourself a big, steaming cup and enjoy the moment! It's

actually relatively quick to make once you've prepared it a couple

times.

 

Enjoy!

 

Melanie Elizabeth

http://www.zlighthouse.org

nutrition, holistic health & kundalini yoga