Sunday, October 31, 2010
A coffee replacement drink: from the home of kenneth jay
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Today Kenneth Jay of ThreatModulation introduced some of us to a drink to which his partner had introduced him. He says one of the biggest effects of the beverage is that his high octane desire for coffee (can we say tripple shots) has gone way way down. I got to try it today, and yup, it was very satisfying as well as alleviating that urge to splurg on coffee coffee coffee.
here's the recipe as i understood it - and as kenneth generously let me practice is with some of his fresh ingredients:
Variations in proportions suggest themselves, but with all the goodness of ginger (values, science)
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That recipe misses the pop of the cayenne and doesn't specify proportions. If one wanted a more intense experience - charleton heston seeing the face of god type intense - i'd contemplate simply adding in wasabi. Kenneth suggested one might also time travel with that combination. Which direction wasn't clear.
Anyway, recommended easy, fresh concoction for to have a go. Let me know what you find.
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here's the recipe as i understood it - and as kenneth generously let me practice is with some of his fresh ingredients:- fresh ginger, julienned
- fresh lemon slices - i used about a half of a small
- caynne pepper powder - i used a big pinch
- honey - i used a tablespoon
- hot water - i think it was a little better than a liter
- steep for about three minutes - maybe it was five
Variations in proportions suggest themselves, but with all the goodness of ginger (values, science)
that is
Add in the zing of the healing cayenne pepper and the fresh tartness of the powerful lemon against the sweetness of the honey, well it'll clean your pipes to be sure, and does have that satiating effect. I'm hoping to try this back home with manuka honey (the mystery of manuka - and more claims for its theraputic value). Indeed along with some other intriguing beverages, there's a manuka variant of this drink on a NZ wellness site. NZ is the home of that manuka bush that is the flower for this honey.
That recipe misses the pop of the cayenne and doesn't specify proportions. If one wanted a more intense experience - charleton heston seeing the face of god type intense - i'd contemplate simply adding in wasabi. Kenneth suggested one might also time travel with that combination. Which direction wasn't clear.
Anyway, recommended easy, fresh concoction for to have a go. Let me know what you find.
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5 comments:
Ginger also, at least for rats, raises the testosterone level.
I'm not ready to give up coffee, but I wonder how ginger would taste it it.
Steven,
That's excellent. totally get not up for forsaking coffee.
you're an ideal candidate for this sample:
would you be willing as an experiment to try having this concoction at some point you'd have had a coffee?
It would be a great favour as i'm keen to know if it's just a couple of us who have experienced decreased caffeine cravings.
hope the next coffee you have is a good one
mc
I don't know that I'm an ideal subject, coffee is part of my morning ritual, but I don't notice cravings and rarely have any more that day. (I could give it up if I wanted to, ha,ha.)
The Ink Spots said it best.
just tried this tonight. very tasty. i made it in a french press so a lot of the cayenne stayed out. still had a nice kick with some great flavor. will definitely do again.
I made that for my sick partner this morning but threw in an echinacea tea-bag for good measure. I use a scant 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne. It is my go too remedy for colds and stomach aches.
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