Even variety-hungry foodies have a few standby favorite recipes that get used almost everyday. Here is one of mine.
Morning Brew. Coffee-free. On a groggy morning (actually, any morning) I have a few favorite wake-up recipes. My favorite hot beverage is my Goji Berry Chai Tea. It’s a delicious combination of soy milk, chai tea, goji berries, agave syrup and spices. It wakes me up and keeps me feeling energized through the morning. Pair it with a ginger green tea muffin and I am set!
Click ahead as I share my morning brew recipe (and morning routine) with you…
My Morning Routine
After rising I always head straight to the kitchen (just a few steps away – this is a NYC apartment remember) and I pour myself a sip of what I like to refer to as morning energy juice. Or just energy juice. If I have a lot of energy already, I will juice something myself in my Super Angel juicer. But usually, I grab a swig of fresh Acai juice. Or similar juice. Pomegranate, apple-ginger, grapefruit, lemon-green-apple, green-ginger, orange, kumquat-mandarin or pear lemonade juices are a few other favorites I drink in the morning. I love strong flavors like lemon, ginger, cayenne and citrus in the morning when I am feeling a bit groggy.
If I am super dehydrated I will chug some coconut water first. But I usually only drink straight-from-the-coconut coconut water first thing in the morning. The boxed stuff I drink later in the day.
*I always like to fill my body with fresh live enzymes first thing in the morning. It wakes up my digestive system up, and makes me feel alive all day.*
Then a bit later in my routine I will make a warm mug of my Goji Berry Chai tea. I pair it with something yummy. A muffin, vegan-morning-muffin, nuts, more fruit or cereal.
Here is the simple recipe for my tea:
Goji Berry Chai Tea
vegan, serves one
1 large mug
1/2 mug chai concentrate, pre-sweetened
1/2 mug soy milk
3 tbsp water
cayenne
cinnamon
1 Tbsp dried Goji berries
optional 1 chai tea bag (black or green tea)
optional agave syrup
Procedure:
takes about 5 minutes total
Fill mug with about 3 Tbsp water.
Fill mug (almost to the top) with equal parts soy milk and chai concentrate.
Stick in microwave for 2 minutes.
Add 1 sprinkle cayenne.
Add 1-3 sprinkles cinnamon.
Add goji berries.
Stick back in the microwave for thirty seconds.
Add additional tea bag (for more chai kick) and additional sweeteners if needed.
Allow berries and bag to soak for a few minutes. Berries will be soft and inflated when fully soaked.
Drink and enjoy! Add more berries if you’d like, I always add a few more half way through my beverage.
Goji Berry Facts: Super Berry!
My review of Oregon Chai Beverage Concentrate
wow that’s different! Looks crazy, but sounds kinda really yummy too!
O that seems like a great destination for the bag of goji berries that I still have stashed away somewhere. Not that that is the only thing you can do with them ofcourse, but it sounds nice!
I always hear Goji Berry Tea, but never think it sounds very appetizing. I’ll give your recipe a try. I have no idea what to expect in the taste. I read your Goji Berry nutrition page and I agree to that Goji Juice is not very good. But so healthy.
Heidi
checking for updates, this post (or more likely the picture) has been making me long for soft goji berries all day long!
This sounds good! I have some goji berries and I was wondering what to do with them.
YUMMY!!! i've been meaning to restock my goji berry supply and once i do i'll definitely make this!
OMG thats veryyy different! 🙂
Thanks for publishing the benefits of the Goji Berry. I have been sharing this information with people ! Wonderful Goji berry!!!!!!!! Create A Great Day!
Hi I agree with you on th Goji berrie but to micro wave it if food is,nt dead before it goes in it is sure as hell is when it comes out than you go on to say add sweetener's well if you don't know how bad they are I stongly advise you to google it by the way what soy product do you use ? I would love to read whats on the packet.
Hi I agree with you on the goji berrie but to micro wave it if food is,nt dead before bit goes in it is sure as hell is when it comes out than you go on to say add sweetener's well if you don't know how bad they are I stongly advise google it I would love to read whats on the packet.