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Tea
If you like drinking tea, essential oils provide a natural way to add a variety of flavors to your beverage—
making tea time infinitely more fun. Only a small amount of essential oil will be required to provide your tea
mixture with potent flavor, so make sure that you do not add too much, especially if you are drinking from a
small cup or using strong oils.
Which essential oils go best with tea?
Bergamot
Cinnamon
Fennel
Lemon
Peppermint
Roman Chamomile
Other Beverages
While adding essential oils to a glass of water or cup of tea provides a simple way to use essential oils to
enhance your beverage, you can add an essential oil to practically any beverage to enhance the flavor.
Essential oils also work well in smoothies, slushies, lemonades, hot chocolate, and many more of your
favorite drinks.
dōTERRA® Ginger Pear Green Smoothie
Ingredients Directions
1 heaping cup fresh spinach
1 heaping cup diced frozen pears (cut fresh pears and freeze for 1 hour)
½ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon almond butter
1 cup unsweetened almond milk or milk of choice
1 teaspoon raw honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 drop of Ginger essential oil Put all of the ingredients in a blender and
blend until creamy and smooth.
dōTERRA® Raspberry Limeade
Ingredients Directions
Raspberry Puree
2 cups raspberries
½ cup sugar or honey
1 cup water 1. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water, ½ cup sugar
or honey, and 2 cups raspberries.
2. Cook until sugar has dissolved. Cool and strain.
3. To serve, add raspberry puree (around 2 tablespoons),
ice, juice of one lime, and 1–2 drops Lime essential oil to
a glass. Top with sparkling water.
4. Garnish with limes and raspberries. Enjoy!
Drink
Limes, Sparkling water, Ice, Lime essential oil