Yannoh Roasted Grain Beverage Recipe

Ingredients:
Original recipe:
• 3 Tablespoons rice
• 2 Tablespoons wheat
• 2 Tablespoons adzuki beans
• 1 Tablespoon chickpeas
• 1 Tablespoon chicory
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil

Modified Ingredients:
• 1 Tablespoon spelt berries
• 1 Tablespoon buckwheat

How to make it:
• In a pan, roast grains and beans separately until well browned.
• Mix together and add oil.
• Cool and grind into powder.
• Prepare beverage to desired strength, using boiling water.

                                   
Spelt Roasted Grain Beverage Recipe

RECIPE SPELT KAFFEE – 1 cup of washed and soaked spelt grain. Roast in a cast iron skillet until brown all over. Transfer all but 2 tablespoons of the kernels to a bowl, and continue roasting the remaining kernels until they are very dark in color, but not burned. Remove the kernels and mix with the lighter brown ones. To make 2 cups of spelt coffee, place 2 cups of water in a 1-quart saucepan, and bring to a boil. Add 3 heaping tablespoons of the roasted kernels, and boil for about 10 minutes, or until the water is brown in color. Strain the brew, reserving the kernels, and serve. Add a few spelt coffee kernels to the old kernels each day, until some kernels start to fall apart. Then discard and roast a new batch.
Spelt (Dinkel) is the best grain, warming, lubricating and high in nutritional value. It is better tolerated by the body than any other grain. Spelt provides the consumer with good flesh and good blood and confers a cheerful disposition. It provides a happy mind and a joyful spirit. No matter how you eat spelt, either bread or in other foods, it is good and easy to digest... If someone is ill boil some spelt, mix it with egg and this will heal him like a fine ointment... Spelt porridge, spelt bread and spelt coffee constitute the ideal breakfast.. Spelt is the food of the future.–Hildegard von Bingen (composer, scientist, writer) 1133 AD

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Caffeine leeches calcium from the body, which is especially problematic if you are at risk for osteoporosis.
If you don't get your usual fix at the usual time, you will likely experience caffeine withdrawal symptoms, including fatigue and severe headaches.
Excessive consumption of caffeine increases blood pressure, causes "bad" cholesterol levels to rise, and disturbs heart rhythms.
Caffeine causes gastrointestinal problems, including gastric reflex and acidic stomach.
Caffeine contributes to or exacerbates fibrocystic breast disease.
Caffeine impairs fertility.
So what are good alternatives to caffeine? It depends upon what you seek from your daily coffee or soda.
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last updated Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:03 PM