Refreshing Pomegranate Sweet Orange Iced Tea Recipe

You can enjoy all of the amazing benefits of pomegranate by drinking this recipe for Refreshing Pomegranate Sweet Orange Iced Tea. Besides being great for your health, pomegranate sweet orange iced tea get high points in the delicious column. Pomegranates provide anti-oxidant, anti-viral and anti-tumor benefits as well as being a great source of vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, potassium and folic acid. Another often over-looked health benefit of pomegranate is that it consists of three times as many antioxidants as green tea or wine.

Tazo Wild Sweet Orange Caffeine-Free Tea is a naturally sourced herbal blend of Lemongrass, Blackberry Leaves, Rose Hips, Spearmint Leaves, Orange Peel, Hibiscus Flowers, Rose Petals, Natural Orange Essence, Ginger Root, Licorice Root, Licorice Extract. Tazo Wild Sweet Orange Tea can be found on the Internet and in many health food stores.

Pomegranate Sweet Orange Iced Tea Recipe

Yield 4 Glasses | Always use organic ingredients when available.

Ingredient List

1-2 Organic Pomegranates (you may substitute 1-1.5 cups of organic pomegranate juice)
4 Tea bags of Tazo Wild Sweet Orange Ice Tea
2 tsp freshly squeezed Organic Lime Juice
Healthy Sweetener of choice (raw honey, Xylitol, etc.)
4 Orange or Lime Slices for decorating the tea glasses
Hot purified water (amount determined by size of glasses)

Instructions

Remove seeds from pomegranate(s).
Take pomegranate seeds & crush in a blender for one minute.
Use a strainer to separate pomegranate juice from seeds.
In a pan add pomegranate juice and sweetener of choice. Keep heat on simmer 10 minutes.
Add lime juice and stir for another 2 minutes.
Remove from heat & place mixture in a cup to cool down. Place one tea bag into each of the 4 glasses and cover with hot water (leave room for ice cubes).*
Leave the tea bags in for 3-4 minutes. Tea will be bitter if left in for a longer time.
Use a spoon & fork to squeeze bags and then remove tea bags.
Add an equal amount of the pomegranate mix to each glass of tea.
Mix well & put aside to cool for 30 minutes.
Add ice to each glass.
Decorate with Orange or Lime slices.
Serve and Enjoy!

*If you would like to make up more than one glass at a time, place 8 cups of hot purified water over 8 bags of the Wild Sweet Orange Ice Tea. Allow to simmer for 3-4 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add the pomegranate mix and stir. Allow to cool before adding ice cubes.

Loretta Lanphier is a Naturopathic Practitioner (Traditional), Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Clinical Herbalist as well as the CEO / Founder of Oasis Advanced Wellness in The Woodlands TX. She has studied and performed extensive research in health science, natural hormone balancing, anti-aging techniques, nutrition, natural medicine, weight loss, herbal remedies, non-toxic cancer support and is actively involved in researching new natural health protocols and products. A 14 year stage 3 colon cancer survivor, Loretta is able to relate to both-sides-of-the-health-coin as patient and practitioner when it comes to health and wellness. “My passion is counseling others about what it takes to keep the whole body healthy using natural and non-toxic methods.” Read Loretta’s health testimony Cancer: The Path to Healing. Loretta is Contributor and Editor of the worldwide E-newsletter Advanced Health & Wellness. Check out Oasis Advanced Wellness and our natural skin care products Oasis Serene Botanicals.