Green Tea is not only healthy but it is tasty too if you know few recipes of it. It can give you refreshment as well as health benefits.

1. 10 Healthy Recipes Made
of Green Tea

2. From boosting your metabolism to reducing your risk of heart disease, find
out why more people are starting off their day with a cup of green tea.
 Green tea and weight loss
Research shows that green tea can lower blood sugar levels and reduce
the absorption of fat from the intestine. So, if you're looking to shed a few
pounds, you may want to consider adding a cup or two of green tea to
your daily diet.
 Healthy green tea for a healthy heart
Most teas contain vitamins and antioxidants, but green tea goes one step
beyond. Not only does it aid with weight loss, it's also helps fight various
cancers and heart disease.
There are many different flavours of green tea you can enjoy. Here are 10
healthy green tea recipes.

3.  Green tea with spearmint is a popular Moroccan digestive. Green tea
lives, such as gunpowder leaves, are rolled into small balls that unfurl in
hot water to release a slightly bitter, smoky infusion. This refreshing brew
is also good iced. Sweeten with honey, if desired.
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Ingredients

3 ounces Ginger unpeeled
and sliced
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1 cup mint leaves
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6 green-tea bags
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1/2 cup honey

2 tablespoons lemon juice

4.  Toss some mint leaves, orange slices and green tea bags into a boiling
teapot for a delicious homemade tea. Serve over ice and garnish the
glasses with orange or lime slices.
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Ingredients

6 cups water

6 bags of black or green tea (or 6 teaspoons
of loose tea)

1/2 cup fresh mint leaves (about 3 sprigs)
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6-8 slices of citrus fruit (any combination of
lemon, lime, orange)
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1/4-1/3 cup sugar or honey

ice, for serving

5.  For this blend, it's especially nice if you use jasmine tea, which is made
from green and black tea leaves, because of its flowers. Chamomile and
lavender heighten the floral bouquet and create a pretty pattern when
they unfurl in a glass cup or pot.
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Ingredients
1. One chamomile teabag or 1 heaping
teaspoon loose-leaf chamomile tea or
dried chamomile flowers 8 oz. (about 250
ml) fresh
2. delicious water, brought just to the boil
3. Optional additions to taste, such as
honey, lemon, or mint

6.  This is an amazingly refreshing and delicious green tea recipe for weight
loss that uses the goodness of mint. The refreshing flavours of mint
provide satiety and prevent hunger cravings. The benefits of mint leaves
and mint oil for hair and skin are well known. It also helps in speeding up
digestion and fat burn in the body. In addition, this drink contains merely
9 calories, which makes it much healthier than soda.
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Ingredients

Fresh mint leaves – 1/2 cup

Green tea bags – 2

Honey – 1 tsp

7.  This is by far the best green tea for health that contains the goodness of
tulsi leaves that makes it a rich source of antioxidants that neutralize the
damage caused by free radicals and oxidative stress. This tea is also
effective in guarding against cough and cold and effective elimination of
toxins.
Ingredients

Tulsi Leaves – 8 to 10

Green tea bags – 1

Honey – 1 tsp
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8.  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

Oranges – 1

Green Tea Leaves – 1 tsp

Dried and Crumbled Rose and Hibiscus
Petals – 1 tsp
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9.  Raspberries are considered the best fruits for juicing weight loss. This
brightly coloured and fruity green tea is loaded with the antioxidant
benefits of juicy red raspberries. Xylitol found in raspberries is a low-
calorie sugar substitute so that even diabetics can enjoy the drink
without adding sugar to the drink. It is also a rich source of vitamins A, C
and E.
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INGREDIENTS:

4 cups water

1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries

1/2 cup granulated sugar

4 bags green tea

1/2 cup fresh lime juice (about 4 - 6 limes,
depending on size/juiciness)

10.  The appetizing and refreshing aroma of melons dissolve with the
goodness of green tea to make it one of the best cold tea recipes that
combine both taste and health. Melons are well known for its weight loss
properties which make it an amazing and effective green tea for losing
weight. It is one of the delicious anti aging fruits for youthful and lively
skin.
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Ingredients

Green tea bags – 2

Melon – 1/2 cup

Chopped mint leaves – 4 tsp

Granulated Sugar – 2 tsp

11.  This fruity and refreshing tea contains the goodness of peaches that helps
in relieving stress and anxiety. It is also one of the best fruits for glowing
skin. Therefore, peaches are often known as the “Fruit of Calmness”.
Being a rich source of phytochemicals, it helps in fighting obesity related
diabetes and heart diseases. This can be marked as the best green tea for
weight loss without any doubt.
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Ingredients

Green tea bags – 2

Sliced and peeled peaches – 1 cup

Granulated Sugar – 2 tsp

12.  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.
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Ingredients
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Dried Lavender Blossoms (Fresh) – 11/2 tsp

Tea bags- 4

Sprig Lavender (Optional)- 1

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