🇱🇨 Saint Lucian Cuisine

Cocoa Tea

Saint Lucian Hot Chocolate

Prep Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 224 kcal

A thick, spiced hot chocolate made from locally grown cocoa sticks grated into boiling milk and water, sweetened with brown sugar and flavoured with nutmeg and bay leaf.

Ingredients

2 cocoa sticks, grated
500ml milk
500ml water
4 tbsp brown sugar
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
1 cinnamon stick
Pinch of salt

Instructions

1 Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
2 Add grated cocoa sticks and stir until dissolved.
3 Add bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Simmer 5 minutes.
4 Pour in milk and bring to a gentle simmer. Do not boil.
5 Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
6 Remove bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Add nutmeg and a pinch of salt.
7 Serve hot in mugs.

Did You Know?

Saint Lucian cocoa sticks are hand-rolled from fermented and roasted cacao beans grown on the island. Families often make their own cocoa sticks at home from backyard cacao trees.