Mixing Spirulina Powder

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Permalink Reply by jinksT on February 21, 2008 at 4:53pm

i thought i loved the taste until i added it to a green juice. now i know that i just love what spirulina does to sweet or citrus juices. my favourite spirulina drink (before the feast) was grapefruit, pear and frozen strawberries.

this morning for my juice feast i had the juice of 4 grapefruits, 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon of spirulina, 1 clove garlic, a heafty pince of cayenne, MSM and some hemp oil. i must be a freak but it was sighing with pleasure as i drank it. i also noticed it was a good waker upper when i was feeling a bit groggy :)

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Permalink Reply by Irina on February 19, 2008 at 12:04pm

I've tried spirulina powder before - with the same problem, and switched to Flakes. I add a teaspoon to my morning juice - dissolves easily and !!! juice doesn't have this nasty spirulina smell. Flakes are a little bit more expensive, but well worth the price vs. powder mess and smell. You can buy flakes in bulk, btw, and save some $$.
Irina

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Permalink Reply by Dani on February 19, 2008 at 2:35pm

where do you get the spirulina flakes?
Dani

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Permalink Reply by Irina on February 19, 2008 at 6:06pm

Dani,
we have a store here is Boston: VitaminShoppe, the product name is Spirulina Pacifica Crystal Flakes. I usually buy at the store but they have a website with the same name...
Irina

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Permalink Reply by Dani on February 19, 2008 at 7:11pm

Thank you for the info.
Dani

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Permalink Reply by Zoe Cobb on February 21, 2008 at 4:33pm

Use one of the little capucino electronic wiskers. it doesn't make it too frothy, but mixes almost any powder.
Z

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on February 23, 2008 at 10:37pm

You can mix it really well if you put the Vitamix on the very lowest setting, so the juice is moving, sprinkle it in, and turn the speed up just a little bit until it gets all blended in, but not fast enough to make it frothy.

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Permalink Reply by Suely Teixeira Menezes on April 19, 2008 at 11:01pm

Hi,
I basically make my green juices on my juicer and then I put the juice in blender with spurilina, vitamineral green and bee pollen and press mix button on blender. That's all I do. It taste great to me. Xo, Suely

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Permalink Reply by Sharon Riggins Patterson, Ph. D on September 22, 2009 at 11:20am

I tried heating the water and mixing the Spirulina in it. Better results, but not perfect. Dr. Pat

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Permalink Reply by David J Murphy on October 28, 2009 at 8:09pm

Hi,

For anyone who's still reading this thread, I just found a FABULOUS solution to this (ha, no pun intended).

Mix the powder with something viscous, then mix in your drink.

I just tried this with a tbsp of spirulina powder with a tbsp-ish of maple syrup, stir til blended, then add liquid slowly. Worked like a charm.

What happens is the viscosity of the substance (syrup, honey, molasses, anything thick.. I dunno, almond butter?) sort of "eats" the powder, muscling through any clumps, until it's all homogeneous. You now have soluble matter between each particle of spirulina. When you slowly add/stir in your juice/water to get it thinner and thinner, the syrup/etc is dissolving and it keeps each particle separate.

Sorry for the geekiness :)

The taste of the 1T powder with 1T syrup, and a modest amount of water, was actually palatable enough to just down it. I thought I would gag, but it was actually ok. I then chomped some ginger to cleanse the palette :)

Happy juicing, friends.

PS - I have found this to work with protein powder as well, using only water, when i had no mixer. Make a 'paste' of the powder and gradually thin it. I don't think it works as well with spirulina since it seems to repel water a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Jalaska on November 11, 2009 at 10:17pm

most days, i mix it in juice or a smoothie. but i often spoon it into a couple of leaves of romaine lettuce, roll and eat. a terrific combination. (no gagging required.)

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