Green Tea
Are you one of the millions of workers who are addicted to coffee on the way to work—you know, that cupful of super sweet, no whip, skimmed milk and coffee concoction or the one with an extra drizzle of flavor on top that you get in the drive-through for a pre-work pick-me up?
Maybe it’s time to create a new intention that focuses on a less frenetic way of getting off to an energetic start. Loaded with polyphenols (antioxidants) and flavonoids (catechins) believed to prevent cell damage, green tea also boosts energy.
Choose a place for your tea break where you can enter into a quiet mindfulness and focus on the nuances of flavor. Select a lovely antique cup or mug or tea bowl for your teatime intention. For powdered green tea, you’ll need to fill your tea ball (small metal mesh basket on a chain) and
steep the tea in warm, not boiling, water.
Try these teas for starters.
• Sencha—traditional Japanese green tea
• Genmaicha—green tea with roasted puffed brown rice
• Gyokuro—a variety of green tea grown in the shade
Green tea lowers cholesterol and increases blood flow, which is good for the heart and blocks plaque formations linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
