Spiced Hot Chocolate w Orange Blossom Water

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  • Prep time:5 minutes
  • Cooking time:10 minutes
  • Recipe serves:makes 2 mugs or 4 espresso cups

Rich, aromatic and totally blissful!! Century old cacao is a sacred plant that is natures true medicine and this is a medieval hot chocolate recipe that will trigger such JOY and HARMONY in your life with a splash of exotic orange blossom water - I mean could it get anymore spunk-tual than that? Try to use chocolate that is 70% or higher and fair trade (which means farmers get fair market value), organic will have even more benefits!! Thanks to our ancestors for handing down this century old recipe, enjoy in a sunny spot surrounded by loved ones, sip and savour the dark exotic liquid love potion OR you could chill and serve in glasses over ice for a decadent iced chocolate xox

Ingredients

  • 1 can of organic coconut milk or almond milk
  • 20g dark 70% or higher fair trade organic chocolate
  • 3 Tbsp of organic cacao powder
  • Organic coconut sugar, honey or pure maple syrup to taste (about 3 Tbsp)
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon powder or cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns or pinch of cayenne
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 vanilla pod, scraped
  • 1 star anise
  • Splash of orange blossom water (to taste)
  • Pinch of Himalayan pink salt (optional but delicious)

Method

  1. Whisk everything together and warm gently in a saucepan, leave to steep for 10 minutes
  2. Taste and adjust seasoning, sweetness etc
  3. Sieve to remove whole spices
  4. Pour into mugs or espresso cups OR
  5. Chill and serve in tall glasses over ice as an amazing Iced-Chocolate :)