How many still drink green or herb tea?

[janicejourney]

I haven't given up my jasmine pearl green tea or Sunrider Cali tea yet. Is this really ruining the ability for me to enjoy the benefits of 100% Raw? Also, I drink Kombucha sometimes... but it is made from tea and sugar, if you didn't know.. even though they call 100% RAW... not sure how they can claim that. Do I need to give these up :(

[vgloveforlife]

You can make sun tea by putting it out in the sun to brew instead of with boiling water.
I still drink tea ocassionally like horsetail and moon cycle. I drink it only once and awhile so I don't worry about it.

[jaurequi]

You don't "need to" do anything. If you feel teas are somehow holding you back, then cut them out. Some people find little things like that don't affect their progress or prevent them from achieving optimal health. For others, it does.

vgloveforlife's suggestion of herbs steeped in the sun is a nice suggestion, or even overnight in the refrigerator works.
If it's the caffeine in green tea that bothers you than use herbs without it.

Best,

[sport]

I still indulge but find that it is less and less as time goes on. This morning I had warm water with a good squeze of lime juice instead.

[Oceana]

I enjoy my tea. Once or twice a day, depending on the time of year.

[DeniseMarie]

Cold Infusion Teas

I drink two teas, which are ONLY to ever be used as COLD INFUSION teas. [They are teas that are never to be used as hot infusion]. MISTLETOE and CALAMUS root tea. Another cold infusion tea is MALLOW.

From the book “Health through God’s pharmacy” by Maria Treben;

MISTLETOE tea:

Is good for the whole glandular system and aids the metabolism. It’s good for hardening of the arteries, prevention of strokes. It benefits the whole glandular system and aids the metabolism. It favourably influences the pancreas so that through drinking Mistletoe tea over a long period, diabetes loses its original cause.

Good for hormonal imbalance. Mistletoe is the best remedy for heart and circulatory complaints. Mistletoe can not be emphasized enough for circulator problems. Since it has active substances which normalize the whole system, it lowers high and raises low blood pressure. It soothes the restless heart and strengthens it. All the side effects of abnormal blood pressure such as blood rushing to the head, dizziness, buzzing in their ears and visual defects disappear. Mistletoe can be said to be invaluable in all heart and circulatory disorders. Good for lack of energy, heart flutters, high blood pressure, bad circulatory problems.


One heaped teaspoon of mistletoe is soaked in ¼ litre (1 cup) of cold water overnight, the next morning slightly warmed and strained. (I don’t bother to warm mine, I usually drink it lukewarm, or put it in the fridge.)

…… I make a cold tea with 8 teaspoons of Mistletoe to 8 cups of cold water, made in a large juice jug, stirred, and put the cover on. In the morning I strain and drink, and then keep it in the fridge if it’s not drunk right away. It will ferment if you leave it out too long. After taking it out of the fridge, sometimes I will let it sit on the cupboard to reach a lukewarm temperature and then drink. It has a very pleasant taste, it is not strong or bitter. It’s a good cold tea to drink in the summer.


CALAMUS root tea:

This tea will dissipate excess mucus. Good for a slow metabolism and underactivity of the intestine, and anaemia and dropsy. Helps kidney disorders and a good remedy for cleansing the whole system. With Calamus roots every disorder of the stomach and the intestines is cleared up, be it stubborn, old or malignant. It is good for too little or too much acid in the stomach. Good for ulcers, diarrhoea.

The tea is prepared the same way as the Mistletoe.


MALLOW tea:

[I haven’t tried this one as I can’t find it]. It is good for ulcers in the stomach and intestines, phlegm in the lungs, bronchitis, coughs and hoarseness, laryngitis, tonsillitis and dry mouth. It’s good for the inflammations of the mucous membranes throughout the body such as bladder, gastro-intestinal tract and mouth - for gastritis. Good for emphysema.

[Same preparation as Mistletoe tea].

[janicejourney]

Cool. I am making some Sun tea today, and will start to just drink it less and less often. I really enjoy good tea.

[rawpriestess]

I drink herb tea, every day, but this is how we do it.


My beloved Dragggon goes out each morning and picks me fresh camomile, or mint or both, and then he brings it in and places it in warm water, and I drink it.

OR, he pickes these things, and dries them for the winter, and then places them in warm water and I drink it.


OR, we buy herb teas, and he uses them in a warm water and I drink them.

Ocassionally, when we are out at a restaurant, I will have herbal tea, and add ice to the water.

but if someone gave me a piping hot cup of tea, I'd just add some ice, I woulnd't worry about it, it is such a minimal part of my food intake.

But this is the way I look at things, If you have a question about something, then it is your inner guidance telling you to look into it, so I'd say, your inner guidance, is telling you to stop. Just my observation, of how MY inner guidance works.

[sport]

Cold Infusion Teas

I drink two teas, which are ONLY to ever be used as COLD INFUSION teas. [They are teas that are never to be used as hot infusion]. MISTLETOE and CALAMUS root tea. Another cold infusion tea is MALLOW.

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I see that this is your first post so let me be the first to welcome you.

[Tirza]

I love cold teas especially in the warmer weather.

I have quite an array of herbal teas that I try to drink every day as part of my anti-recurrance of cancer campaign. As long as I feel I need those herbs in tea, I will drink it. I make Essiac Tea which is a combination of 4 (or 8) herbs. I boil them with distilled water and keep in the fridge to use as a concentrate. I usually add it to boiled water, but when I use it lately, I add it to cold distilled water. So it is cold, but not raw.

As I said, there are a lot of teas I try to incorporate every day so I am drinking tea pretty much on the hour, every hour all day. I have a green tea, actually called "Matcha Tea". It is the finely powdered leaf especially prized from Japan, with supposedly many times as much anti-oxidant properties. Since green tea is supposed to be so good for you - I want a lot of that, so I have been putting the amount of Matcha powder to make 2 cups of the tea into my green smoothie in the mornings. Just to be able to get it into my diet.

I like the idea of sun brewing. I have done that with mint in the summer and it is really great. I am not sure if there is any less of the properties of the tea available if it is just cold brewed, but it is still very pleasant drinking.

Raw Priestess, if you go out to a restaurant and are putting ice cubes in to already brewed tea, you could instead ask for just the tea bag or bring your own or leaves and put it in your cold water. It releases the flavor very quickly in cold water. That is, if you care about it being cooked. I agree with you in that I don't think it is a problem as long as a person doesn't find that it is leading them further into the cooked realm of temptation.

For myself, I feel that I must take teas for my health at this point. Instead of making me careless or discouraged and inclined to slip into eating more cooked foods, it tends to make me more vigilant about any more cooked foods. I find that I am not so likely to excuse myself and eat other cooked foods, because I already have quite a lot of tea. That is how it works with my psyche anyway.

[tinystrawberry]

I do, but only on occasion and when I make it I put ice in it. I love tea! :D

[rawnpawgirl]

I drink tea everyday-- I drink red roobios (spelling), decaf green/white tea, and my pau d'arco, chamomile, anything I am up for at the moment.

But, my absolute favorite is YERBA MATE, a tea from South America. I use the unroasted plain green yerba mate ordered online from Mate Factor and then put almond milk and agave, honey, or stevia in it and it is the best. It does have some natural caffeine but not enough to jack you up too much. It touts promoting "mental clarity", is filled with antioxidants, and is very healthy.

I will do anything at this time to refrain from drinking my beloved coffee!!!! I feel awesome about adding boiling water to it and don't feel like I am sacrificing my health at all, though I am sure some would disagree with me.

Tea rocks!!!

[tinystrawberry]

i think my favorite tea (besides fresh mint) is Tazo Passion with a little cherry juice in it, yummyyy ;)

[DeniseMarie]

I see that this is your first post so let me be the first to welcome you.

Thank you for the welcome, Sport!

I guess I should introduce myself and say hi to everyone over at the welcome place.

I was interested if anyone else on raw - drank hot water infused tea, and then I found this site. After my post I looked around this website, and it’s really great! Lots of very interesting and intelligent - opened minded people. I really enjoyed some of your websites and bios, in checking out the profiles.

I read some posts of Alissa Cohen’s great recipes, and I was like; “who is Alissa?” So I looked her up online and then found her book on Amazon.com. Wow, what a great book! I checked out her website, what a wonderful website, so interesting. I went to bed really late, as I wanted to just keep reading and reading and enjoying the photos as well. I think I will have to buy her book and cd!

I’m sure glad I found this Raw-food site. I am amazed, that so many people are on RAW. Simply amazed… I can’t find anyone, where I live. The only other on 100% raw is my brother who lives in another province on the other side of Canada from me. And my husband.

My husband and I just started on 100% raw, as well as my brother, and it’s supportive to read so many others doing the same, having the same positive mental attitude on health and wellbeing. Knowing you can have optimum health with no more physical pains on raw. After only 4 days on raw, my neck pains, back, leg nerve pains, are completely gone. It is truly amazing what happens to your body, when you feed it what it really wants and needs - for optimum health. Lots and lots of enzymes, and chlorophyll and healthy raw oils!

Anyways, this is a thread on tea.

Take care! Best of health to you always!

Enjoy wellbeing,
Denise.
:)

[sport]

Well I have been raw for a year with the exception of the tea. Being Irish the tea drinking habit is well ingrained in me but I know that it is just a habit.
Very often now I just have a squeze of lemon or lime juice in warm water and it does me just as well.
If I decide in the morning to never again have a cup of tea it would not bother me.

[Graciebeliever]

I drink tea everyday-- I drink red roobios (spelling), decaf green/white tea, and my pau d'arco, chamomile, anything I am up for at the moment.

But, my absolute favorite is YERBA MATE, a tea from South America. I use the unroasted plain green yerba mate ordered online from Mate Factor and then put almond milk and agave, honey, or stevia in it and it is the best. It does have some natural caffeine but not enough to jack you up too much. It touts promoting "mental clarity", is filled with antioxidants, and is very healthy.

I will do anything at this time to refrain from drinking my beloved coffee!!!! I feel awesome about adding boiling water to it and don't feel like I am sacrificing my health at all, though I am sure some would disagree with me.

Tea rocks!!!

Can you say YERBA MATE? OH YEA!!
I am in your boat on this one big time.
The history and traditions are just as facinating as the tea itself.
It is like a meditation when you make it and drink it.
Read about it!!

http://www.mymateworld.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=427&gclid=CNb7ps-0ioYCFQMxUAodiXKiiA

http://www.noborders.net/mate/

http://www.yerba-mate.com/

Enjoy :)

[jaurequi]

I drink tea everyday-- I drink red roobios (spelling), decaf green/white tea, and my pau d'arco, chamomile, anything I am up for at the moment.

But, my absolute favorite is YERBA MATE, a tea from South America. I use the unroasted plain green yerba mate ordered online from Mate Factor and then put almond milk and agave, honey, or stevia in it and it is the best. It does have some natural caffeine but not enough to jack you up too much. It touts promoting "mental clarity", is filled with antioxidants, and is very healthy.

I will do anything at this time to refrain from drinking my beloved coffee!!!! I feel awesome about adding boiling water to it and don't feel like I am sacrificing my health at all, though I am sure some would disagree with me.

Tea rocks!!!


rawnpawgirl,

I took a look at Mate Factor site (thanks ;)), and I wonder if you've tried the lemon or the hibiscus? I've seen similar mates with lemon or lime, but the thought of it doesn't seem appetizing to me. Of course, I've felt that way about other things before, taken the chance, and been found to be completely wrong; so I'm wondering what it's like. I suppose since they are combined with raw mate, it is not as strong a conflicting combination as I imagine...I suppose it is much milder than I am inclined to think. Even though mate is tea, it just doesn't seem a good candidate for a citrus/souring.

Also, what are the benefits you are experiencing from pau d'arco? I've read pro and con of it and really have no clue as to whether it is something worth trying. Or do you take it merely for pleasure? If so, is it delicious?

One more, where did you find decaffeinated white tea, and is it organic?


Thanks.

Best,

[jaurequi]

*Bump* rawnpawgirl?