Pantry recipe

Golden Milk with Black Tea

Creamy, spiced and warming, coloured by turmeric.

8 min 1 mug · 300 ml Hot Caffeinated Easy

Ingredients

100 mlwater
3 slices or ¼ tsp groundginger
1 bagblack tea
200 mlmilk (or plant milk)
½ tspground turmeric
1 pinchground cinnamon
1 pinchblack pepper
1 tsphoney

Method

  1. Boil the water with the ginger for 2 minutes. Add the black tea and leave for 3 minutes.
  2. Remove the tea, add the milk, turmeric, cinnamon and pepper. Heat without boiling, stirring, for 2 minutes.
  3. Strain and sweeten with honey.

Tip: Black pepper helps the body absorb turmeric: a pinch is enough.

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