Green Chai Spa Tea Blend

Green Chai Spa Tea Blend
Green Chai Spa Tea Blend
Many teas and herbs you savor as beverages can transform your daily beauty routine into a refreshing interlude. Here are three blends made almost entirely from tea, kitchen herbs, and pantry spices. Each blend has a suggested essential oil that will intensify the fragrance.
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  • Served Person: Makes 1 cup tea blend
Tea Non-Alcoholic Spice Healthy Cinnamon Clove Cardamom Drink
  • 1/4 cup whole cloves
  • Carbohydrate 20 g(7%)
  • Fat 3 g(4%)
  • Fiber 10 g(40%)
  • Protein 2 g(5%)
  • Saturated Fat 1 g(3%)
  • Sodium 39 mg(2%)
  • Calories 83

Preparation In a quart-sized plastic bag, place the tea, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sticks. Blow into the bag as if blowing up a balloon. Once inflated, hold the bag shut and shake until the herbs are combined. Store in an opaque glass or ceramic jar with a tight-fitting lid or cork. Give the jar a good shake to distribute the ingredients before removing any. For peak fragrance, using within six months. Aromatic Herbal Tea Blend: Follow the recipe for Green Chai Spa Tea Blend, using 1/3 cup dried lavender flowers, 1/3 cup dried peppermint leaves, and 1/3 cup dried peppermint leaves, and 1/3 cup dried rose petals. (Essential oil complement: rose.) Stimulating Herbal Tea Blend: Follow the recipe for Green Chai, using 1/3 cup dried eucalyptus leaves, 1/3 cup dried lemon balm leaves, and 1/3 cup dried rosemary leaves. (Essential oil complement: eucalyptus.) From The Tea Deck: 50 Ways to Prepare, Serve, and Enjoy by Sara Perry. Text © 2008 by Sara Perry. Reprinted with permission by Chronicle Books

Preparation In a quart-sized plastic bag, place the tea, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sticks. Blow into the bag as if blowing up a balloon. Once inflated, hold the bag shut and shake until the herbs are combined. Store in an opaque glass or ceramic jar with a tight-fitting lid or cork. Give the jar a good shake to distribute the ingredients before removing any. For peak fragrance, using within six months. Aromatic Herbal Tea Blend: Follow the recipe for Green Chai Spa Tea Blend, using 1/3 cup dried lavender flowers, 1/3 cup dried peppermint leaves, and 1/3 cup dried peppermint leaves, and 1/3 cup dried rose petals. (Essential oil complement: rose.) Stimulating Herbal Tea Blend: Follow the recipe for Green Chai, using 1/3 cup dried eucalyptus leaves, 1/3 cup dried lemon balm leaves, and 1/3 cup dried rosemary leaves. (Essential oil complement: eucalyptus.) From The Tea Deck: 50 Ways to Prepare, Serve, and Enjoy by Sara Perry. Text © 2008 by Sara Perry. Reprinted with permission by Chronicle Books