One of my few favorite aspects of colder weather is the opportunity to drink delicious and healthful hot drinks. Aside from my usual morning matcha green tea, I have a few drinks that I turn to when I want to raise my body temperature without sacrificing nutrition.
If it’s early enough in the day to handle a bit of caffeine from black tea without it interfering with my sleep, I love a tall cup of Blue Lotus Traditional Masala Chai. The ingredients include naturally brewed and flash-dried black tea powder; 100% certified organic powdered spices: ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves. Can you already smell it?
I like to sweeten my chai with D’VASH date nectar and mellow it out with some vegan creamer.
My favorite vegan creamer right now is unsweetened coconut cream & almond milk half-n-half by Califia Farms. The ingredients include almondmilk (water, almonds), coconut cream, sunflower lecithin, natural flavors, calcium carbonate, sea salt, potassium citrate, locust bean gum, and gellan gum.
If it’s later in the day and I’m aiming to avoid caffeine but want to warm up with something hot & cozy that has a little more body to it than herbal tea, I reach for one of my two favorite Four Sigmatic beverages.
The Mushroom Golden Latte Mix ingredients include all organic shiitake mushrooms, turmeric, tulsi, ginger, black pepper, stevia, coconut palm sugar, and coconut milk powder. It’s ready to go with just hot water and is so creamy and delicious. I promise you it doesn’t taste like mushrooms. In fact, if you didn’t know mushrooms were in the recipe, you probably wouldn’t know they are there and yet you get to enjoy all the nutritional benefits offered by mushrooms.
When I’m in a chocolate mood, I reach for the Mushroom Cacao Mix. It includes all organic cordyceps mushrooms, cacao powder, coconut palm sugar, and ginger.
If the nutritional and adaptogenic benefits of mushrooms interests you, I believe it would be worth your while to listen to Rich Roll interview Four Sigmatic founder Tero Isokauppila HERE. I found the information he shared to be awe-inspiring, delightful, and helpful. I hope you will too. Stay warm!
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