My son Curran’s comment while tucking into a second cup of this tea with a friend: “How many pink drinks do you know that are healthy for you? …Pepto Bismol does not count!”

These new Warm Live Teas that I’m making are a big hit at home, and this one is just fabulous! Gorgeously colorful, and so aromatic and soothing.

It’s tummy-warming, the kind of drink that makes for an enjoyable nightcap when you want that warm sensation of a “hug”… and yet it’s all fresh fruit and full of living enzymes and rich in nutrients.

Great way to start the day. Great way to end the day.

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I doubt you’ve ever had avocado this way before. And you wouldn’t know that’s what makes it so creamy unless I told you.

Enjoy it warm, like a Warm Live Tea or Hot Chocolate, and enjoy the mild, smooth, cozy, comforting vanilla-ness, a combined sensation that is quite unlike anything else found in the world of raw food recipes.

This is recipe is a keeper. And with just a few utterly pedestrian ingredients, it’s something you can make any time!

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(Above: Pear-Ginger Warm Live Tea)

Warm Live Teas are similar to Warm Live Soups… they’re smoothies made from raw ingredients, then briefly warmed up without cooking them. But in this case, the teas are sweet. And so delicious.

Instead of having a decaf herbal tea flavored with the essence of fruit, just make a warm tea from the fruit itself!

Here is a very soothing Warm Live Tea made with pear and fresh ginger root, and another one made with delicately aromatic Rose Water. Pear and rose is a classic combo, and it works just great here!

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(Above: Watermelon-Ginger Warm Live Tea)

I bet you’ve never had watermelon like this before! And what a great way to enjoy it.

Warm Live Teas are like Warm Live Soups in that they are smoothies made of raw ingredients which are then warmed briefly to a soothing temperature that’s almost hot to the tongue, but comfortable to your skin when touched.

And they are delicious.

While I love cold drinks, I don’t think it’s particularly healthy to drink too many of them, and I know of people who don’t like them at all. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), practitioners often caution against drinking cold beverages or too much cold food, believing that it can dampen the “digestive fire”.

These Warm Live Teas are full of living nutrients, rich in enzymes that are still viable, and made so fresh that the recipe is literally 2 minutes from the time your knife slices open the fruit til it hits your lips with its soothing goodness.

And you will find that there is something unexpected about watermelon used this way… it almost mimics the creaminess of hot cocoa. In fact, I have made watermelon-raw cacao “chocolate milk” before and was surprised to find how well they go together.

But here I have paired Watermelon and Fresh Ginger Root together, as well as Watermelon and Vanilla.

Watermelon-Ginger is extremely warming and robust… it will both soothe AND energize you. While Watermelon-Vanilla is mild, comforting, and mellow.

Don’t let these intimidate you because you’ve never had fresh fruit this way before. Dive in. I know you will love them.

(Below: Watermelon-Vanilla Warm Live Tea)

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The blood oranges are abundant in the grocery store lately, and they just beckoned for some cocktail action. This recipe is a twist on the classic Screwdriver, with a custom juice blend to provide the right amount of sweetness and lemony “zing”.

What is a Blood Orange?

As the name suggests (the photos here demonstrate), blood oranges are red on the inside. The pigment in the red color comes from anthocyanin, a powerful antioxidant that appears as either red or blue in fruits and vegetables such as cherries, blueberries, eggplant, or red cabbage.

The blood orange is less sweet, but with a mellow flavor not unlike what one finds in cherries. High in Vitamin C (apparently up to 130% of the recommended daily allowance), it’s not a bad way to get a boost for your immune system and skin health.

Well, anyway… sounds like a good enough excuse as any for a zingy, brilliantly colored cocktail.

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