Monday, March 26, 2012

Strawberry-Peach Tea Smoothie

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Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) produces some of the best quality teas in the world. Although this country is small it is the 4th largest producer of tea worldwide.  I was given a chance to try the Aura brand of Ceylon Teas by Almar Teas.  Aura Teas come in a wonderful array of flavors from lemon, mint, strawberry, green and of course your traditional black tea.  I loved all the flavors and I was excited to try to make a recipe with the Strawberry tea.   I decided to pair this beautifully fragrant strawberry tea with peaches.  Now peaches are still not in season here in the US so I bought frozen peaches for my recipe.  The frozen peaches actually worked great because I used them as the ice cubes in my smoothie as well.  I blended this refreshing drink and enjoyed it knowing I was enjoying a smoothie that was full of antioxidants and health benefits.



Ingredients:
3 bags of Strawberry Aura Tea
2 cups of boiling water
1 cup of cool/ice water
2 cups of frozen sliced and skinned peaches
sweetener of your choice to taste (sugar, splenda, honey, or agave- I used agave)


 


Directions:

Boil 2 cups of tea and steep three tea bags for 3-5 minutes. Then add 1 cup of ice water to cool the tea down. Place tea, peaches and sweetener into blender. Blend until smooth. Makes 3-4 servings. Enjoy.

Disclosure: I received the Aura Ceylon Teas courtesy of  Almar Teas.  I was not compensated in any way for writing this post.  The opinions stated in this post are my own. Thank you. 

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29 comments:

  1. Yum! This sounds like a cool refreshing drink for summer. This would be great as a replacement for ice coffee in the morning with caffeinated tea!! Like breakfast and caffeine in one. Hope you're having a great week so far :) P.S. The mortar and pestle: http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Granite-Mortar-Pestle-capacity/dp/B000163N6G

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  2. delicious looking smoothie with the tea lovely post

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  3. Spring time in a glass. I would probably make an adult beverage from this also. :)!

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  4. I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger award. ;.) Thanks for doing what you do here!

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  5. What a nice combination for a smoothie. I haven't seen this tea but I'm sure I can find it or something similar. It looks so refreshing!

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  6. That's one delicious looking smoothie Ramona and the perfect way to welcome spring.

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  7. yummy smootie dear...awesome..

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  8. This strawberry-peach flavoured dish inspires spring, fresh and flavour - definitely one of the most delish drinks I have ever seen :D

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    Choc Chip Uru

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  9. Yummy!!!!! Love this combination Ramona!!! Great presentation too!!!

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  10. This sounds (and looks) so delicious!

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  11. This sounds delicious, I love tea and I have never incorporated it into a smoothies, must try this summer!

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  12. Ramona...now that spring is here (kind of), I drink a lot of smoothies. Particularly as breakfast in the morning when I am in a rush! This sounds wonderful. I am a big fan of peach tea...so I'm dying to try this with strawberry tea. How lucky you got to try those teas....they look fabulous! : )

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  13. I looove using tea in smoothies, and this sounds like a delicious smoothie all around! Strawberry and peach goes perfectly together. Looks super healthy, too!

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  14. Ramona, this looks so good--I love that you're giving options on sweetener. I think I'd pick agave too!

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  15. Strawberry tea sounds delicious! I have never added tea as the liquid in smoothies but it seems like a great idea.

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  16. What a great idea to combine tea and smoothies!! Really want to try this one!

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  17. This smoothie looks great! I love the combination of strawberry tea with peaches. I never thought of making a smoothie using tea, but it's a great idea and by the looks of it, it's delicious too!

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  18. A delicious thirst quencher for the summers. This one is really creative sounds great!

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  19. This would be perfect for sipping while sitting by the pool this summer! I also love agave as a sweetener. P.S. while I was reading your last email, my computer froze. And now I can't find it in any of my mailboxes. Can you resend? :)

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  20. Wow wow wow this smoothie sounds delicious! I like Ceylon tea and had quite often when I was in Japan... I just realized that I haven't really paid attention too much on what kind of teas after I came to the US... Kind of weird. Never tried strawberry tea, but I can imagine the fragrance. Hmmm sounds nice!

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  21. Sounds like a really delicious smoothie! I do drink enjoy flavored Ceylon teas as the flavors are very subtle. My favorites are the ones that come in a small wooden crate with certification from the Ceylon Tea Board. The mango and strawberry flavors are really nice.

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  22. Fruity and yummy, I gotta try this one. Love the photo with the garnish.

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  23. "Ramona does the Aura Ceylon tea that is Strawberry flavored have ANY caffeine in it? Caffeine does not agree with me, do you have an suggestions for ANY caffeine free blends of tea?"

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    1. I don't believe they are caffeine free, but here is their website: http://www.almarteas.com/Strawberry-tea.html

      I do know Lipton has decaffeinated teas available, but none that are strawberry flavored to my knowledge.

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