I am always looking for vegan options to traditional omnivore ones because I would be lying if I told you I didn’t miss some of the things I used to eat before. At this time of the year especially with our recent plunge into the cold, I was looking for some hot and cold Christmas beverage alternatives. I found a simple recipe for minted vegan hot chocolate and thought I would try it. The recipe called for a litre of chocolate coconut milk and mint tea bags. Boil the coconut milk with the teabags it said and enjoy. Well, I followed the recipe and ended up with an unappetizing lumpy froth-covered pot of steaming coconut milk with a very vague minty taste. I strained it to remove the lumpy froth and only found it minty enough after adding a couple of drops of peppermint extract. I was disappointed, to say the least.
So always the inventor, I produced a much easier way to make this without boiling it and in turn enjoyed a true hot minted chocolate drink.