*Yogi Bhajan’s Original Recipe appears in Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power by Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa (1996).Hacienda de Guru Ram Das, named by Yogi Bhajan (aka the Siri Singh Sahib) as the Mother Ashram of Sikhism in the Western hemisphere, promotes spiritual growth and individual, community, and planetary healing. Over time, my own recipe has evolved to include double the spices, twice the cooking time, and half the milk. A compromise: after the spices have cooked for 20 minutes, take a tea ball or bag and swirl it around the pot a few times.įeel free to adjust the ingredients to your personal taste. In other words, the black tea makes Yogi Tea more potent as a healing agent. A wise decision for a number of reasons, but the black tea in Yogi Tea helps the ingredients amalgamate. Increasingly, people are choosing to cut caffeine from their diets. Ginger root is great for the nervous system and is energizing. Cinnamon is antibacterial, loaded with antioxidants and is good for the bones. Cloves strengthen the immune and nervous systems. Cardamom is good for the colon and can help relieve depression. The black pepper is a blood purifier and aids in digestion. Optional: add honey or other sweetener to taste.Įach of the ingredients in Yogi Tea has healing properties. There is no need to measure the milk, just eyeball it. The original recipe calls for cow's milk but any type of milk is fine – cow, goat, almond, soy, hemp, etc.
Then add:Ģ0 whole green cardamom pods (optional: gently crush them under a rolling pin or with a mortar and pestle to open them up)Ĭontinue simmering for at least 20 minutes and then add ¼ tsp of a mild black tea (Golden Assam is recommended).Īfter another minute or two, add ½ pint of milk per pint of remaining liquid.
In a large pot, bring 2.8 litres (3 quarts) of water to a boil. Not one man under his command got sick.įollowing is the original recipe given by Yogi Bhajan:* During a particularly bad outbreak of the flu, as entire platoons got sick, Yogi Bhajan had his men drink Yogi Tea instead of water. When Yogi Bhajan was an officer in the Indian army, he gave his men Yogi Tea to keep them healthy. A staple in a yogi’s diet, the well-spiced tea has many healing properties and tastes delicious too. A sure sign you are in a Kundalini yogi’s household is the smell of cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom wafting from the kitchen as a pot of yogi tea boils.
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