I've been thinking about some of my favorite Daniel Fasting beverages and decided to put them down in a handy list. Some DF (Daniel Fasting) authors do not include teas on their list. I personally believe that it's fine as long as the tea is pure and no other flavoring or unnecessary ingredients have been added.
Teas
Gentle cleansing herbal teas - Parsley, burdock root and yarrow (absolutely no diuretic or laxative teas - those type of teas are too harsh on your system during a fast.)
Popular teas - For example, green tea and jasmine tea do contain caffeine. I personally would only drink them if I was going through coffee withdrawal. Otherwise, I'd just stick to caffeine free herbal teas.
Personally, I love a cleaned up version of a popular "milk tea" that is sold in most bakeries and coffee shops here in China. I just fix it at home with a splash of unsweetened soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or rice milk.
Edit: I had to give up milk tea because there was something in the Chinese version of Lipton's Yellow Label tea that my kidneys didn't agree with. I'm guessing it was the pesticide they sprayed on the tea leaves. My kidney function returned to normal after I quit drinking it.
Calming teas - Chamomile is always a staple in my pantry, but again, please read the label. When in doubt, just buy the loose leaf tea, put it in a tea ball and pop it in your mug. Then you don't have to worry about what is
not being fully disclosed on the labels.
