Y’all know I’m a sucker for anything berry and beautifying.
I love berries for their disease fighting benefits and also their natural age-defying properties.
While I was at the airport a few weeks ago, I was flipping through a magazine and came across a health article. Basically it was praising the benefits of berries and saying we should add them to everything.
Berry-infused water was their top pick for keeping healthy & hydrated with berries.
Great idea, but I feel like we can go a step further by infusing our TEA with berries.
By itself, green tea has tons of skin and hair care benefits…
- Flushes out toxins.
- Reduces inflammation.
- Improves skin’s elasticity.
- Catechins in green tea are anti-bacterial.
- Certain catechins have inhibitors that block the hormone (DHT) that causes hair loss.
Soooo…let’s add berries to our tea & boost this shit even more.
Blackberries offer some of the highest levels of antioxidants – WAY higher than blueberries and strawberries! Their very dark color is the proof of the super high antioxidant level (anthocyanins to be all nerdy). 😉
Below is the recipe for my newest Tea Tuesday creation.
Check it out babes, and LMK what you think.
ALSO! Let’s start a new tea hashtag.
I would love to be able to see your recreations and see what kind of tea you’re drinking. Any tea pics you want me to see, tag it with #teatuesdaywithashley.
I’m pretty obsessed with this drink right now. I know you’re going to LOVE it. (Would be delicious over ice as well!)
Oh, and if you don’t have a favorite green tea right now, this one is great and it offers a nice variety.
Xo!
Blackberry Beautifying Green Tea
INGREDIENTS
- 1 Bag Green Tea
- 1/4 Cup Blackberries
- 2 Cups Hot Water (not boiling, but hot)
DIRECTIONS
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Combine green tea bag and berries with hot water.
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Muddle blackberries. (I used a fork)
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Steep for 3 minutes.
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Remove tean bag. Strain berries (optional)
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Add sweetener - Manuka honey, erythritol, agave, or bee free honey. (Optional, but I prefer this tea sweetened lightly)
6 comments
YUM!!! This sounds delish! I drink tumeric ginger tea almost every night lol so this will be good to change that up!
I think you’ll love this! Xo! Lmk what you think.
Berries. Berries. More berries. I can’t get enough,
So this is s delightful way to add jazz to my hot tea!
Thanks for the nest idea!!!
More berries are always a good idea!
I really love how you infused the blackberries with green tea. I’ve been buying blackberries lately so now I can’t wait to give this a try!
Thank you Jennifer! If you like blackberries you will really enjoy this. 🙂