This is the perfect drink to treat and sweeten your family during the Christmas season, bringing warmth and joy to your holiday table!
Recipe: Serves 4
- 2 cups of Cashew Milk
- 1 cup of Water
- 1 piece whole Cinnamon
- 2 pieces Clove
- 2 tbsp Coconut Sugar
- 10 Ceremonial Cacao coins
- 3 whole dates
- 1/2 tbsp Oat Flour
- 1 tsps Vanilla Powder
- 1 tsps Pumpkin Spice
- 2 1/2 tbsp Lucuma Powder
Procedure Steps:
- Pour liquids on a pot with cinnamon, cloves and coconut sugar, make it boil for 2 minutes, remove from heat, strain.
- Add the cacao coins while the mixture is still hot and let them melt.
- Add dates, oat flour, vanilla powder, pumpkin spice and lucuma powder, blend well all together (you might want the mixture to be slightly cold just to make sure your blender doesn’t explote).
- Once you are ready to enjoy it, pour the mixture back to a pot and make it boil once more, thats the secret to the perfect heartwarming texture.
- Top your drink with holiday marshmallows or some cinnamon powder.
Enjoy!
This heartwarming holiday drink will quickly become a family favorite, bringing cozy, festive vibes to your Christmas celebrations. For the richest, most authentic flavor, be sure to use our Ceremonial Cacao Coins, they’re specially crafted to create the perfect balance of taste and texture in every cup. Treat yourself and your loved ones to the magic of ceremonial cacao this holiday season.
Author
Jose Visconti - Founder and COO of Cacao Adventures
Background & Expertise
Jose has worked with Chocolate and Cacao since 2014 in various capacities; as an Agricultural Liaison for Bean-to-Bar chocolate companies, as a consultant to the International Trade Center, as a sourcer of Specialty Beans where he worked with Internationally renowned chefs, as the Chief of R&D and operations manager for specialty chocolate manufacturers. Jose has travelled throughout many parts of Peru to search for specialty cacao and holds unique knowledge in harvest and post-harvest processes that unlock the full potential of unique and special cacao beans.
Personal Connection to the Topic
Jose is not only a chocolate lover, but a nature and travel enthusiast as well. When he learned the full story of cacao, and how the original wild strains of cacao were in danger of extinction, he took it upon himself to find the right people on both sides of the supply chain to bring this issue to light through communication and product development; not just using words, but creating irresistible chocolate and cacao products to highlight the importance of preservation.
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