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Blueberry Black Tea Smoothie

November 5, 2020 by Chef T

We’ve reached mid-autumn and since it’s cold out now, smoothies are officially out of style.

Wait, that’s not right at all. We can’t let smoothies go out of style! Let’s make them “hip” for autumn and add a classic autumn twist ~ tea.

For this recipe we used a French Vanilla Earl Grey tea, but you can totally use your own favorite tea type (caffeinated or otherwise). We tried this recipe with a simple oolong tea as well and it was still very good. That being said, we found the vanilla and black tea flavors paired better with fruit.

Fruit flavors work surprisingly well with the tea flavor. We have tried to design this recipe so neither flavors overpower the other. As an added bonus, you get a bit of greens in this smoothie and you will hardly taste them!

We found it’s best to blend the dates, cashews, and warm tea together first, before adding the other ingredients. This ensures the dates and cashews don’t leave large chunks. Adding the cold ingredients causes the dates to harden.

Keep your blueberries in your smoothie, not the floor,
Your favorite alternative chefs, K & T

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Blueberry Black Tea Smoothie

Prep Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 servings (32 ounces)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 2 tbsp loose leaf black tea* or desired strength
  • ½ cup cashews
  • 2 medjool dates pitted
  • 1 cup unsweetened vanilla hemp milk or other milk of choice
  • 1 cup greens packed (mild greens, super greens, or spinach)
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries
  • ¼ cup vanilla protein powder optional

Instructions

  1. In a medium sized bowl, steep the tea leaves in the boiling water. Steep for at least 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, strain the tea into a blender to remove the tea leaves.
  2. In the blender, combine the cashews and dates with the warm tea. Blend until smooth.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until completely combined.

Recipe Notes

We used French Vanilla Earl Grey tea.

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Filed Under: 10 Ingredients or Less, 15 Minutes or Less, Beverage, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Oil Free, Recipe, Refined Sugar Free, Soy Free, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 15 minutes or less, Banana, blueberries, breakfast, smoothie, snack, tea, vegan, vegetarian

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