Spa Cuisine: Zesty Lemon Detox Tea Recipe

This recipe was designed as a cleansing tea to stimulate processing of excess fats in the body, rev up circulation, and provide essential antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals —a perfect blend of nutrients. It’s a great aid in undoing the effects of holiday over-indulgence, and Annie says she was given the same tea by a helpful friend after she was exposed to toxic chemicals. But it tastes so good, you’ll want to come back for seconds: We had a crock-pot filled with it for a recent women’s workshop and it was gone in no time!

This is a great recipe that really gets around, and it’s so easy to prepare.

INGREDIENTS

Enough freshly-boiled water to fill your teacup or mug
1 tablespoon real maple syrup
Freshly-squeezed juice of half a lemon
Cayenne pepper to taste

Simply stir ingredients together in your mug or cup. Be careful with the cayenne: A little goes a long way.

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By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels

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Anastasia J.

9:21AM PST on Mar 8, 2012

Sounds good. I'm also a fan of Manuka honey and fresh ginger with lemon in hot water - probably less detox and more soothing than this recipe, though.

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sue h.

11:08PM PST on Feb 21, 2012

SOUNDS GREAT WILL TRY THIS FOR SURE,

Jailene S.

12:55PM PST on Jan 31, 2012

"stimulate processing of excess fats in the body, rev up circulation, and provide essential antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals"

WHY THE HECK NOT!?!?

Claire C.

8:53PM PST on Nov 14, 2011

cayenne is also great for sore throats!

Betty C.

8:23AM PST on Nov 6, 2011

Thanks

Carol C.

3:53PM PDT on Jun 22, 2011

Thanks. I'm definately going to try this.

Prochi T.

3:10AM PDT on Jun 13, 2011

i love lemon tea but cayenne pepper ?
Black ground pepper tea with lemon is good for indigestion n gas i know.