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Green Tea Smoothie RecipesAre healthy smoothies your wake-up breakfast, lunch, or afternoon snack? Here are five recipes to try using green tea and fruit for a delicious and easy smoothie. Brew your green tea first and let it cool. You may use a green tea bag, decaffeinated green tea, or loose leaf green tea. Adding milk products to tea is still controversial regarding bioavailability of antioxidants, but citrus fruit like lemon enhances tea antioxidant polyphenol chemicals effectiveness. Tropical green tea Brew tea according to instructions and let cool. For this smoothie, you may use Japanese sencha green tea. Steep ½ teaspoon Japanese sencha in ½ cup water heated to 180F degrees for three minutes. Remove tea leaves and let cool. Blend 1 cup crushed ice, ½ banana, and ½ cup pineapple until smooth. Add the ½ cup green tea at the last minute. Approximately 100 calories. Mango jasmine green tea
Brew jasmine tea by steeping ½ teaspoon jasmine green tea or jasmine pearls in ½ cup water heated to 180F degrees for 2 minutes. Remove tea leaves and let cool. Blend ½ cup crushed ice and 1 cup fresh mango chunks until smooth. Add the jasmine tea at the last minute. Approximately 110 calories. Peach ginger green tea Brew 1 cup Chun Mee green tea using 1 rounded teaspoon tea leaves steeped in ½ cup water heated to 180F degrees for 4 minutes. Remove the leaves and let cool. Blend 1 cup crushed ice, 1 fresh peach, sliced and pitted, and 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger until smooth. Add the tea at the last minute. Approximately 40 calories. Polyphenol powerhouse green tea For a super healthy super antioxidant polyphenol healthy green tea smoothie, add berries to your smoothie. Brew 1 cup gunpowder green tea by steeping ½ teaspoon gunpowder tea leaves in water heated to 180F degrees for 4 minutes. Remove the tea leaves and cool. Blend 1 cup crushed ice, 1 cup blueberries, and the juice from ½ lemon until smooth. Add the tea at the last minute and blend. Approximately 85 calories. Exotic green tea Choose your favorite flavored green tea and prepare according to instructions. Let cool. Blend ½ cup crushed ice with ½ cup low calorie fruit until smooth, adding the tea at the last minute. Enjoy your green tea smoothie in good health! Love your matcha? Here's some new matcha smoothie recipes.
Dragon Well Tea | Mao Feng Tea | Matcha Tea | Gunpowder Green Tea | Pi Lo Chun Tea | Gyokuro Tea | Lu shan Yun Wu Tea | Japanese Sencha Tea | Lu An Melon Seed Tea | Jasmine Tea |Blooming Tea | Chun Mee Tea
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