🇸🇹 Sao Tomean Cuisine

Izaquente

Spiced Cacao Drink

Prep Time 10 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 136 kcal

A traditional warming drink made from roasted Sao Tomean cacao nibs ground with cinnamon and cloves, simmered with sugar and water into a dark, intensely chocolatey beverage.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Grind roasted cacao nibs with cinnamon and cloves into a coarse powder.
  2. 2 Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
  3. 3 Add ground cacao mixture and sugar. Stir well.
  4. 4 Simmer on low heat for 10 min, stirring occasionally.
  5. 5 Strain through a fine mesh strainer into cups. Serve hot.

Did You Know?

Izaquente uses the same cacao beans that European chocolatiers pay premium prices for, but Sao Tomeans have been drinking it this way for centuries before the world discovered their chocolate.