Itsy Bitsy Eenie Weenie “Teanies” - Healthy Cocktails That Cure!

Yes. summer's here: hot sweltering days and balmy evenings.  Traditionally, people drink Cherry Coke, slushies, sugary lemonade and root beer floats to cool off.  But I believe in the healing effects of food and drink.  With all the focus on health and preventative benefits of “tea totaling" (as opposed to the opposite,  teetotaling ), I've created a new genre for summer: “Teanies”.  What are Teanies?  A delicious, energizing and healthy play on the martini.  Rather than use gin or vodka as the base of the drink, I use green, white, and black tea.  I jazz up each flavor up with a juice, berry, or herb that has additional antioxidant and healing power.  Fun, Flavorful, Chilling and Filling. Drink a Teanie every day, cut back on alcohol - and you're ready for that yellow polka dot bikini!

Let it Tea - Some fun facts:

• White tea has the most amounts of anitioxidants
• Green tea has more catechin antioxidants
• Recent studies indicate that green tea may have the potential to slow down the progression of prostate cancer (and further investigation is merited)
• Drinking tea may lower the risk of hypertension, leukemia, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and certain cancers
• Tea's polyphenols may reduce the risk of gastric, esophageal and skin cancers
• 2 cups of tea a day may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer
• Tea has ZERO calories!!!!!

“MOFREETO”
7 oz  green tea
1 spring of fresh mint
2 tb fresh lime juice
2 tb agave
1 lime slice

“RED WHITE AND BLUE”
6 oz white tea
3 oz pomegranate blueberry juice
2 lemon twist
2 each blueberries

“BERRY”
6 oz black tea
2 oz Acai juice
2 oz cranberry juice
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
1 orange twist

Make similar to a martini.  Put liquids in a shaker with ice. Stir or shake. Pour (strain off the ice) into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with the twist or fresh mint.

For the “RED WHITE AND BLUE” and the “BERRY”, try The Republic of Tea's Blueberry Green Tea for a different flavor.  (This tea can be purchased in our store.)

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