Chai tea (Masala chai)
Chai is a popular beverage throughout South Asia originating in the Indian subcontinent. Chai is made by brewing black tea in milk and water and sweetening with sugar. Adding aromatic spices creates masala chai.
Masala chai is a rich source of antioxidants that can help boost your immune system. Our Chai tea spice blend includes ginger, cardamom, & cloves which have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties that can help fight off infections and viruses. by drinking a cup of masala chai everyday, you can give your body the support it needs to stay healthy and strong. According to Ayurveda, the spices in masala chai can promote digestion. Our Chai spice for Masala chai blend includes Organic Ceylon cinnamon which improves insulin sensitivity and reduce blood sugar levels, making it particularly beneficial for people with diabetes.
Here are 3 ways to make Masala chai
Recipe 1.
Masala chai for 2 cups
In a saucepan, add 1 1/2 cups of milk ( your choice) and 3/4 cup water. Let spice and milk boil together. Add 2 orange pekoe tea bags or 2 tsp of loose black tea and boil to a rolling boil. Strain into 2 cups and add your choice of sweetener and enjoy!
Recipe 2.
Masala chai for 2 cups
In a saucepan, add 2 cups of water, 2 orange pekoe teabags or 2 tsp loose tea and add 1 tsp chai spice and bring to boil. Add 1/4 cup milk (Your choice) and bring to a rolling boil.. Strain into 2 cups and add your choice of sweetener and enjoy.
Recipe 3.
Masala chai latte for two
Heat 3 cups of milk (your choice) in a saucepan on medium heat. Once it begins to boil, simmer, turn off heat and add 1 tsp loose tea or 2 tea bags. Let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Strain loose tea or remove tea bags.Turn heat back on and add 1 tsp of chai spice, 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and your favourite sweetener. Whisk everything together until chai is hot. Pour into two cups and top with extra milk foam and sprinkle with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg.
*You can also use our Chai spice blend in apple pies, Ice cream, or any dessert that needs a concoction of cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg!
Beet latte
Feel your heart beet this Valentine’s Day with a cup of love! ❤️ Beets are full of antioxidants and reduce inflammation and risk of heart disease. This concoction with our organic beet powder and a strong brewed coffee is sure to make you fall in love.
Ingredients:
1 shot of espresso (or 2 ounces of strong brewed coffee)
2 tsp organic beet powder
1/8 tsp organic Ceylon ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
Pinch of ground cloves
Pinch of ground nutmeg
2 tsp maple syrup or honey
¼ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup of your choice of milk
Directions:
Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add all ingredients except the coffee
Transfer to a blender till smooth
Pour into a mug or on top of your favourite coffee.
Enjoy!
Mulled wine
Did you know mulled wine was originally created by the Romans in the 2nd century during the winter to keep themselves warm? Many also believed in drinking mulled wine for health and to avoid sickness.
Apart from spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, people would also add herbs and flowers to their mulled wine as natural sweeteners to make wines taste better.
It’s now enjoyed as a popular winter traditionally and is so easy to make, especially using our mulled spice mix.
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 (750 ml) bottle of dry red wine or sweet apple cider
1 orange, sliced into rounds (also peeled, if you would like a less-bitter drink)
2-4 tablespoons sugar, honey, or maple syrup to taste (or your desired sweetener)
optional add-in: 1/4 cup brandy (or your favourite liqueur)
optional garnishes: citrus slices (orange, lemon and/or lime), extra cinnamon sticks, extra star anise
Instructions
Add wine or sweet apple cider ,orange slices, mulled wine mix, 2 tablespoons sweetener, and brandy (optional) to a large saucepan. Stir gently to combine
Cook the mulled wine on medium-high heat until it almost starts to simmer. (Avoid letting it bubble — you don’t want to boil off the alcohol).
Reduce heat to low, cover, and let the wine simmer for at least 15 minutes or up to 3 hours
Using a fine mesh strainer, remove and discard the orange slices and spices. Give the mulled wine a taste, and stir in extra sweetener if needed
Serve warm in heatproof mugs, topped with your favourite garnish
Pumpkin spice latte
Fall is the time when the mornings are cold and the afternoons are sunny and warm. Comfort food is what we are craving all day long and it’s pumpkin everything as soon as you get into a market.
Fall is the time when the mornings are cold and the afternoons are sunny and warm. Comfort food is what we are craving all day long and it’s pumpkin everything as soon as you get into a market. Pumpkin spice lattes are in every average coffee shop and you really don’t know what the ingredients are (maybe a lot of sugar, natural flavours, gums etc). A homemade version is always good. Bernadette, a holistic nutritionist and yoga teacher from Byogawellness (BC local company)has created this amazing vegan pumpkin spice latte and has gladly shared her recipe. Bernadette uses uses chai tea instead of coffee and is absolutely amazing! The chai in this latte, from Dupi’s chai (BC local company) owned by Dupinder uses premium teas, spices, no added sugars or flavours. Dupi’s chai’s are functional spiced teas that focus on digestion and speed up recovery. Dupi’s chai are served in premium Cafe’s as popular Chai Tea/Latte options.
If you love your coffee, Kait Swales has shared a fabulous pumpkin latte buzzing with espresso. Check the second recipe with her amazing concoction that will warm you up this fall.
PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Recipe #1 ( Byogawellness and Dupi's Chai)
1 dupis chai tea bag (Arise)
1/2 cup plant mylk
2tbsp pumpkin puree
1 tsp maple syrup
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
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Recipe #2 (Kait Swales)
3/4 cup oat milk
1/4 cup hot water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
(pinch of cardamom, black pepper, clove, allspice,nutmeg)
Or 1 tsp pumpkin spice (which includes everything)
3 tbsp pumpkin puree
2 tsp maple syrup or honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS
Recipe #1
Steep Chai tea in 1/2 cup water. In a saucepan, heat tea with mylk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup and pumpkin spice. Pour mixture into blender and blend till smooth.. Pour into your favourite cup and enjoy.
Can add mylk froth or coco whip cream. Yummy
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Recipe #2
Mix all ingredients and heat till just boiled. Pour into your favourite two mugs and pour your favourite two shots of espresso over top. Blend till frothy. Yummy
BLUEBERRY BUZZ
Why not enjoy a drink on the patio that helps with your immune system as well as relax you and looks like a world class drink! This drink is made with organic turmeric made into a syrup and added to either soda water, or alcohol. I usually make the turmeric syrup and store it in the fridge and use as I need it.
All you need is blueberries, soda water, limes, mint leaves, organic turmeric, organic cane sugar and water for a non-alcoholic drink. If you want to add alcohol, add dry gin and elderflower liqueur.
To make the turmeric syrup: add 1 cup organic cane sugar to 1 cup water and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Take pan off the heat and stir in the turmeric. Set aside for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Store in a sealed container and refrigerate until ready to use.
Muddle 5 of the blueberries and mint in a cocktail shaker. Add lime juice, turmeric syrup, (if using alcohol, add gin and elderflower liqueur) and ice and gently shake all ingredients. Pour into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top off with a lime wedge and blueberries on a skewer or cocktail pick.
BLUEBERRY BUZZ
Serves: 2
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
20 fresh blueberries
1 oz lime juice
6 mint leaves
1 oz turmeric syrup
Soda water to finish
For Turmeric Syrup
1 cup water
1 cup organic cane sugar
1 tablespoon organic ground turmeric
INSTRUCTIONS
For the turmeric syrup, combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan and boil for 5 minutes to make a simple syrup. take the pan from the heat and stir in the ground turmeric. Set aside for an hour, stirring occasionally. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
Muddle 10 of the blueberries in a cocktail shaker. Add lime juice, 1 oz of turmeric syrup and if using alcohol (3 oz gin and 1/2 oz elderflower liqueur.) Add ice and lightly shake to mix and chill ingredients. Pour into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top off with soda water and garnish with a lime wedge and the remaining blueberries on a cocktail pick or a skewer.
Enjoy!
HOT AND SPICY MANGO MOJITO (NON-ALCOHOLIC)
During the summer months, I am always looking for colourful fruity and spicy drinks. This hot and spicy mango mojito will do the trick every time. Enjoying this drink on a nice sunny day with some guacamole and tortilla chips on my patio listening to some latino music is the best way to spend a nice evening. This drink is diluted with sparkling water and has no added sugar or alcohol (if you need to spike it, substitute the sparkling water for more mango juice and add rum or tequila.)
Ingredients you need are unsweetened mango juice, lime, jalapeño, mint leaves, himalayan salt, sparkling water or club soda.
Chop lime in quarters and slice 2 for garnish, slice 1/2 a jalapeño, and chop 4 mint leaves.
In a mortar and pestle mash up the lime, jalapeno and mint adding 1/4 tsp of Himalayan salt. Scoop out the mashed ingredients and add to 1 cup of unsweetened mango juice.
Add 1 cup of sparkling water or 1 cup of club soda and 6-8 ice cubes.
HOT AND SPICY MANGO MOJITO (NON-ALCOHOLIC)
Serves: 2
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 cup unsweetened mango juice
1 lime chopped in quarters ( reserve 2 semi circle slices for garnish)
1/4 to 1/2 jalapeno sliced in circles (the more you use, the spicier)
7 mint leaves (chopped fine and reserve 3 for garnish)
1/4 tsp.Himalayan salt
1 cup sparkling water or club soda
INSTRUCTIONS
Place 2 glasses in the freezer and chill for 10 minutes. In a mortar, add lime chopped into quarters, sliced jalapeños, chopped mint leaves, Himalayan salt and mash with pestle till all ingredients are meshed together. Add all ingredients to mango juice, then add sparkling water and ice and stir and pour into chilled glasses. Garnish with jalapeno slices, mint leaves and a slice of lime.
Enjoy!