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 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 140kcal
Equipment
Large Saucepan
Ingredients
1ounceRaw Cocoaor 1/4 cup
6cupsMilk
2Cinnamon Sticks
1/4teaspoonNutmegfreshly grated
1Bayleafoptional
1tablespoonCustard Powderoptional
Sugar to taste 1/2 cup
Instructions
If using cocoa sticks or balls, grate about 1 ounce or 1/4 cup of cocoa.
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, then add the cocoa powder and mix well until it 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.