Top Tea Smoothie Recipes

Tea is a healthy and flavorful way to add variety to your smoothies. With About.com's top tea smoothie recipes, you can easily make healthy black, herbal or green tea smoothies with fresh-brewed tea, tea ice cubes or quality tea powders.

Matcha Green Tea Smoothie Recipe

Marko Goodwin

This healthy Matcha Green Tea Smoothie recipe is a variation on a basic banana smoothie. It is quick and easy to make thanks to matcha powdered green tea.

Berry Green Tea Smoothie Recipe

Marko Goodwin

This delicious Berry Green Tea Smoothie recipe combines low-fat milk, frozen berries, frozen banana and matcha powdered green tea into one quick, energy-boosting, healthy smoothie.

Banana Chai Smoothie Recipe

Marko Goodwin

This instant Banana Masala Chai Smoothie recipe is very quick and easy to make. Simply freeze chai concentrate in advance for an instant smoothie whenever you need an energy boost.

Award-Winning Green Tea Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Marko Goodwin

This fruity green tea smoothie recipe by Elin Headrick of Teafolio was the unanimous winner of the July 2010 Monthly Tea Recipe Contest. Guest judge Gail Baral of Algabar noted, "I love this preparation. It's so simple, I wish I had thought of it!"

Tropical Banana-Yerba Mate Smoothie Recipe

Marko Goodwin

This versatile banana smoothie recipe calls for cold-brewed yerba mate, which can easily be steeped overnight in the fridge. While yerba mate isn't technically a tea, it is sure to provide an energy boost akin to that of strong tea or a cup of coffee.

Peach Rooibos Smoothie Recipe

Lindsey Goodwin

Although rooibos is sometimes known as "red tea," this isn't technically a "tea smoothie" -- it's an "herbal infusion smoothie." Regardless of what you want to call it, this Peach Rooibos Smoothie recipe makes a flavorful, caffeine-free, antioxidant-rich breakfast shake or afternoon snack.

Berry Vanilla Black Tea Smoothie Recipe

Lindsey Goodwin

This healthy Vanilla Tea Smoothie recipe combines powdered black tea with low-fat milk, fruit and vanilla extract (or vanilla protein powder) into one tasty breakfast shake.

Date Tea Smoothie Recipe

Lindsey Goodwin

This tropical smoothie recipe includes exotic ingredients like dried dates, black tea powder, coconut milk, pineapple juice, coconut flakes and vanilla extract (or vanilla protein powder).

Honeydew Green Tea Smoothie Recipe

This delicious green tea smoothie recipe from The Tea Spot was the winner of the April/May 2011 tea recipe contest. Ginger, green tea and honeydew make it a refreshing drink that's ideal for summer mornings.

Strawberry Tea Smoothie Recipe

This easy tea smoothie recipe lets you you any type of teabag you'd like. If you'd prefer an extra-healthy smoothie, use non-fat yogurt to make it.

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