Tea Juice
Ingredients
5-6 bags caffeine-free herbal tea (e.g., peach, mint, chamomile, or fruit tea)
3 quarts boiling water
Stevia powder (or liquid) to taste
Directions
Pour water over tea bags in a large pot. Add stevia while tea is hot. (Adjust amount
according to the desired sweetness.)
Let the tea cool, remove tea bags, transfer tea to a serving pitcher or individual water bottles, and refrigerate.
Why should you use stevia instead of other sweeteners? Read this article for more information on artificial sweeteners:
http://www.thedietsolutionprogram.com/content/2010/05/how-artificial-sweeteners-are-making-you-fat/
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Try this drink for an ice cold summer thirst quencher.
that was the best drink i’d drinked in my life and i lost alot of weight
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Great idea!
You can also mix it with bubble water. Then you have a healthy icetea.
I really love this one. I am a tea drinker, but the different types blended together is absolutely wonderful.
Are there any substitutes for chips or any healthy chips?
I do this and add a whole bunch of lemon and lime while the tea is steeping. I love it
Hey Mike. Check out my blog post “Top 10 Foods to Beat the Cravings.” There is a recipe there for healthy vegetable chips. Enjoy!
This is the tea I’ve been making for years…weird name, tea juice. I think the “juice” is a misleading name to make it sound healthier. It is delicious.
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I realli love it i hate dietss and this tea i really love it
I know the recipe says to use Stevia as the sweetener, but can we use Agave Nectar instead?
Thanks for this tip, I am going to try it tomorrow and take a bottle of it to work with me.
Why use tea bags when tea leaves are so much more flavoursome, and great for the garden and pot plants too! AND less processed … nice recipe!
I think your tea will be great and so I hope to drink it soon. Is it easy to buy stevia for it?
I am thankful for your willingness to share your knowledge and desire to help others to a healither lifestyle! May God continue to bless all your efforts!!!
well i really didn’t like it that much
JUST KIDDING i loved that drink the best i had so far!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this recipe.
I sometime add fruit to my herbal to and make them like a sangria. It’s tropical
Confused… is the tea drink made combining all of the teas listed? Marcia’s note sounds like she combined all of teas for her dirnk.
i started losing wheat and i love the results
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My mom makes it the same way! XD, shes been using stevia in everthing since, and its soooo much better than splenda, sweet an low, etc.
Just ordering Stevia for first time. I will let you know how I like it and if it works!! Keeping my hopes up.
hi isabel im going to use this resapee and enjoy it thanks alot.
When I first looked at this recipe I though, ughh yeah right no sugar? I was wrong I finally got the nerve to try it and now I cant keep enough of it in my house. We actually go thru at least two pitchers a day my kids even love it! So go ahead try it I bet you feel the exact same.
I thought their was no good sugar but brown isn’t stevia a kind of sugar like swwet&low and equal why isn’t organic sugar better than stevia this is the first I have seen this website I am interested in the foods that you can eat I always thought the wheat bread was good also thank you for the little information I have gotten so far
WOW! I am a diabetic and came up with a thought of making my own ice-tea. Using jasmin green tea, herbal lemon tea and I do add juice from 1/2 lemon. I serve it with crushed ice on a really hot day!!! No stevia for me. But agree it is a good alternative. Nice to know others think the same way
I love real tea; have read that it is the most healthy drink on the planet.
I have been making ice tea with herbal tea for a very long time, and I find I like it very well without and kind of sweetner. I can’t wait to see if this diet will help me lose about 25 lbs.
This recipe sounded good, I am a diabetic and I believe that this will help me keep in shape
I’ve been using sun crystals. It has some pure cane sugar, though it also has stevia. Could I still use this and loose weight?
Lyanne, Sun Crystals are definitely better than using just regular sugar, but I still wouldn’t recommend using them. I would definitely say to stick with pure stevia.
is it ok to drink this if pregnant?
i can’t wait to try this it sounds like everyone likes it. keep writing
Hi – I see you suggest Stevia for sweetness. I haven’t tried that but I have tried Truvia. Any thoughts on that sweetener?
We all need some good advice on sweeteners….I read on the “Health Hound” blog that they are starting to mess with Stevia…what are we to do? What is wrong with organic raw sugar (brown)? Do I throw my big box of Splenda away?
I love your site and I am trying your diet….but I still want to do the point system on WW….it is hard to convert. Especially with their guidelines on oil or butter (2 tsp per day)?
I have a Stevia plant. You just take a few small branches off and tie them together hang upside down to dry. Then you can grind it up for your tea. Be careful though it is really sweet.
My favorite stevia is NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia – liquid drops. I use it in coffee, tea, cereals, everything. They have it in plain also. But I love Vanilla. Another good drink is Perrie (bubbly) water with just a few drops of the Vanilla Stevia and ice cubes. Nice an refreshing. I always carry a bottle of the stevia in my purse in case I am out somewhere and buy ice tea or something.
Hi Everyone, I’m a newbie and wanted to know if I can use plain tea (Lipton Iced Teabags w/ no fruit flavor)? Southerners love their iced tea without any other flavors..lol Thank you everyone!
Tammy, try out one of my favorite drinks – it’s called Tea Juice http://www.thedietsolutionprogram.com/content/2010/05/tea-juice/
This drinks sounds very refreshing. My friend at work lost over a stone by cutting out alcohol and drinking green tea at work instead of tea or coffee.
Thanks for all of your free advice and recipes. This is a great website!
I have used Stevia in my green tea (bags) for several years…love the flavor and drink two or three cups a day. (Green Tea is also a cancer fighter).
Stevia is derived from a natural grown plant. If not found in your local grocer, check the health food store.
Going to try switching over to a healthier eating habit…recipees sound delicious.
In Australia, we now have a brand of Iced Green Tea on the market that is sweetened with Stevia. I’m sure it’s nowhere near as good as making your own, but my husband has an aversion to water, so I’ve insisted that this is all he is allowed if he buys something that is flavored and ready-to-drink. As he was drinking up to two cans of ‘diet’ cola per day, this has got to be better and he actually likes the tea.
On another note, I’ve always had an aversion to porridge (oatmeal I think you call it), but I know how good it is for you, so this morning, I’m giving it another go, but not without some unsweetened natural yogurt, strawberries and cinnamon. I’m hoping it’s loads better than I remember from my teens.
Thank you for pointing us towards tea and juice as alternatives to standard soft drinks. QUESTION: Is SELTZER (plain carbonated water) a suitable substitute for soda? I mix seltzer with juice, tea and stevia in various combinations. It’s my soda, champagne, cocktail and everything else (since I do not drink alcohol). The bubbles seem to make all the difference! I’d be interested in your take on this, please…
can Agave sweetener be used. it is not bitter and what quatity?
Liz, agave should not be used. You can refer to Dr. Mercola’s research on agave for more information. I would suggest using stevia or xylitol as a sweetener.
what about green tea? I thought that was suppose to be the best tea to drink?