Caribbean Cocoa Tea

Caribbean Cocoa Tea

Cocoa Tea is a spiced hot cocoa beverage recipe that's popular in Guyana and across the Caribbean. Cozy up with a mug of Caribbean cocoa tea on a cold day for sweet comfort.

Course Beverage

Cuisine Caribbean

Keyword Caribbean Chocolate Tea, Caribbean cocoa tea, Caribbean hot chocolate, Caribbean hot cocoa, chocolate tea, cocoa leaf tea, Cocoa tea, cocoa tea guyana, cocoa tea recipe, does cocoa tea have caffeine, guyanese cocoa tea, how to make cocoa tea

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 140kcal

Equipment

Large Saucepan

Ingredients

1 ounce Raw Cocoa from grated cocoa sticks (or 1/4 cup)
6 cups Milk
2 Cinnamon Sticks
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg freshly grated
1 Bayleaf (optional)
1 tablespoon Custard Powder (optional)
Sugar to taste (about 1/2 cup)

Instructions

If using cocoa sticks or balls, grate about 1 ounce or 1/4 cup of cocoa and set aside.
To a large saucepan add milk, cinnamon sticks, bayleaf and grated nutmeg. Then add to high heat and bring to a roaring/rolling boil.
Reduce the heat to medium, then continue to simmer for 5 minutes, before adding the grated cocoa / cocoa powder. Mix well until the grated cocoa dissolves into the spiced milk.
If using custard powder, scoop 1/2 cup of the warm milk into a cup, then add the custard powder to the cup and mix until dissolves. Next add the milk back into the pot and mix well. Continue to simmer for a minute or two.
Then sweetened to your liking.
Before serving you can brew the tea by using two cups and pouring the tea with a lift of about a foot and pouring into the other cup. This aerates the tea and makes it light and frothy.

Notes

Please note that I do not add the optional custard powder to my cocoa tea as this is not the typical way that we make it in Guyana, but in some Caribbean countries it is added as a thickener, so I added it to the ingredients in case that's the version you know.

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