Here is a list of healthy tea recipes that contain the goodness of health benefitting herbs, botanicals and fruits. Here we have listed quite a few green tea hot and cold recipes that are extremely refreshing and delicious.


Iced Lavender Green Tea


This is a low-calorie drink, and the fresh lavender blossoms give a subtle flavour to the sugar-free tea. Lavender is also one of the best natural remedies for hair loss, so regular drinking of Lavender Green Tea can prevent hair fall. You can easily get lavender blossoms from natural food stores and is simple to make.






Ingredients:


Dried Lavender Blossoms (Fresh) – 11/2 tsp
Tea bags- 4
Sprig Lavender (Optional)- 1
Procedure:


Heat ½ cup of water in a saucepan until it gets simmer. Remove the pan from heat and add tea and lavender to the heated water. Steep for about 5 minutes, strain it into a bowl and let it cool for some time. Now, pour the prepared tea in ice filled glasses and season it with some lavender sprigs to make it more appealing.


Green Tea Kiwi and Mango Smoothie


This is one of the delicious smoothie recipes with kiwi prepared by mashing your favourite fruits kiwi and mangoes and you are ready to enjoy a tasty drink.


Ingredients: Green Tea Kiwi and Mango Smoothie


Diced Mango (frozen)- 2 ½ cups
Fat Free Vanilla Yogurt- ¾ cup
Honey- ¼ cup
Lime Rind (grated)- ½ tsp
Ripe Kiwifruit (peeled and quartered)- 3
Baby Spinach (packed)- ½ cup
Bottled Green Tea- 2 tbsp
Water- 2 tbsp
Ice Cubes- 2 cups
Procedure:


In a blender place mango, ½ cup yogurt, water, lime rind, 2 tbsp of honey and process the mixture until smooth and stir it occasionally. Now, drop the mixture into four different glasses and place it in the freezer. Rinse blender container and place ¼ cup yogurt, 2 tbsp honey, kiwifruit, baby spinach and the remaining ingredients in a blender, and repeat the same procedure. Gently spoon this green- tea mixture onto the mango mixture and garnish the drink with kiwi fruit slices. You can stir the combination to combine two different flavors. Serve the drink immediately.


Green- Tea Cranberry Spritzer


Eating fruits and vegetables to lose weight is by far the best option and what better way to do so than with a combination of green tea and refreshing cranberries. Planning for some party in your circles? Then you must try out this refreshing cranberry spritzer. Nothing beats spritzer in welcoming guests to host an outdoor party.






Ingredients:


Green Tea Bags- 4
Cranberry juice- ½ cup
Seltzer (Chilled)- 3 cups
Sugar- 1/3 cup
Water- 1/3 cup
Procedure:


Heat water in a saucepan and add sugar to this boiled water. Stir it until the sugar completely dissolves. After it gets completely cooled steep the tea bags in 2 cups of boiling water for 2 minutes. Remove bags and cool it completely. Add Cranberry juice and divide the tea in four different ice- filled glasses. Top it with chilled seltzer and is now ready to serve.


Green Tea, Almond and Blue Berry Smoothie


This smoothie contains all the ingredients that boost up your metabolism and burn the fat off your waist. The benefits of almonds and almond milk for skin and weight management are well known. This smoothie is just yummy and satisfying to all the smoothie lovers out there.






Ingredients:


Green Tea Bags- 2
Blueberries (fresh)- 2 cups
Fat Free Vanilla Yogurt- 12 ozs
Almonds (dry, roasted, unsalted) – 2 tbsp
Flax seeds- 2 tbsp
Water- ¾ cups
Ice Cubes- 3
Procedure:


Bring water to boil, pour over tea bags and steep for about 4 minutes. Squeeze and remove tea bags, chill the tea overnight. If using fresh blueberries, you need to place it in the freezer overnight. Place all the ingredients in a blender, process until smooth and divide the smoothie in ice-filled glasses.


Iced Green Tea


This is a simple low-calorie recipe that leaves you refreshing, chilled and it lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Green tea in pure form is one of the best home remedies to boost metabolism. The flavor of this recipe invigorates you as soon as you just sip it.


Iced Green Tea


Ingredients:


Green Tea Bags – 6 to 8
Boiling water – 4 cups
Cold water – 2 cups
Artificial sweetener (non- caloric) – ½ cup
Procedure:


Pour boiling water into a saucepan over the tea bags and steep for about 5 minutes. Squeezing gently, remove tea bags from the water. Add sweetener to cold water and stir for 2 minutes until the sweetener dissolves. Let the tea come to room temperature and is now ready to serve.


Lemon Grass and Ginger Iced Tea


Lemon zinger tea health benefits are well known to all of us. With its subtle flavor lemon grass and ginger iced tea is a perfect drink for every tea lover. With low caffeine levels and antioxidants present in this tea makes you feel energized all day long.


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Ingredients:


Fresh Lemon Grass – 1 stalk
Fresh Ginger – 7 slices
Green Tea – 5 bags
Sugar – ½ cup
Procedure:


Rinse the lemon grass thoroughly, cut into 2-inch lengths and crush it with a large knife. Bring 2 cups of water, ginger, lemongrass and sugar to boil in a saucepan. Take off the pan from heat, add green tea bags and steep the tea for about 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags if you think the flavor is strong and let the tea cool for about 30 minutes. Pour the tea into a pitcher through a fine strainer. Cover the tea and keep it chilled until cold for at least 2 hours and divide the tea into four different ice-filled glasses.


Rose Petal Tea


If you are more into aromatic teas, then the rose petal tea is the ideal beverage for you. This exotic green tea recipe for weight loss helps you burn calories in a healthy and tasty way. Enjoy the exotic taste of rose petal tea and beat the summer heat.


Ingredients:Rose Petal Tea


Oranges – 1
Green Tea Leaves – 1 tsp
Dried and Crumbled Rose and Hibiscus Petals – 1 tsp
Procedure:


Use a vegetable peeler to peel the rind from the orange, but avoid the pith. Now, let the rinds dry at room temperature for 1 day and then grind them finely. In cup add the rind, green tea leaves and the flower petals, pour boiling water from above and let the tea steep for 10 minutes, strain the tea, add artificial sweetener and freeze it for 1 hour. Sip the chilled tea.