Dairy-Free Coconut Chai & Electric Tea Kettle Giveaway {Powernap}
This is the latest installment of my Powernap column. The series where I share quick, easy food that can be made for all kinds of situations. Powernaps are short and sweet, and so are these recipes. These are the things I make in a jiffy when I need a quick snack, am in the mood for a recipe experiment, or simply need to clean out the pantry.
I love chai tea in the morning. In the summer I drink it over ice and in the winter I drink it warm with milk. When I ran out of regular milk the other day I decided to try adding coconut milk instead. I don’t need to stick to a dairy-free diet or anything, but I love the flavor of coconut and I certainly wasn’t about to run to the store for milk at 6am! Luckily, my little experiment turned out to be a tasty treat. I did my best to whip the milk into a froth with a whisk (I’ve put this to my Christmas wishlist!), added it to the hot tea, and topped it all with a pinch of cinnamon. The naturally sweet coconut milk was the perfect compliment to the spicy tea and was just the way to start the morning.
To kick-off hot beverage season I am excited to be giving away one of my favorite kitchen utensils – an electric tea kettle! I use my electric tea kettle every single day nearly all year long. I swear, it is indispensable. Sure, I have a regular tea kettle but it never, ever brings water to a boil as quickly as an electric one. You all should enter to win one, you will love it!
To enter to win the electric tea kettle:
1) Please share your favorite hot beverage of the season in a comment below.
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4) Contest runs from October 3rd at 7:00am through October 10th at 7:00am. Winner will be announced on October 12th in the newsletter. If winner doesn’t claim prize within 48 hours another will be chosen.
Recipe
Dairy-Free Coconut Chai
Ingredients
| 1 | chai tea bag (I used Stash) |
| 1 | tablespoon vanilla simple syrup* |
| 3 | tablespoons lite coconut milk |
| 1 | pinch cinnamon |
Instructions
1. Place the tea bag in a mug and pour hot water over it. Steep for five minutes, the remove and discard. Stir in the simple syrup or (*honey is also a good sweetener in lieu of the syrup) and stir until completely dissolved.
2. Warm the milk in a small saucepan or in the microwave until it steams just a little bit. Stir the warm milk into the chai and top with a pinch of cinnamon.
Naptime Notes
Naptime Recipe Serving ideas
To make this decadent try serving it with vegan whipped cream or a donut for dunking.
Naptime Stopwatch
10 minutes
Naptime Reviews
This is a new favorite, I am using coconut in my chai almost everyday.
Chilled apple cider — the kind that requires bottle-shaking before consumption!
Oops, a hot beverage… I suppose warming my cider wouldn’t hurt 🙂
We love hot beverages this time of year! Warm spiced apple cider! Many teas, Chai tea latte is always a favorite!
Decaf coffee with soy milk on a weekend morning. Beautiful.
My fav winter drink is any type of hot tea with milk added to it…my step-dad used to do this and dip in shortbread cookies..brings back memories!
Love this. I love chai tea latte but can no longer use dairy and can not have soy either. Never thought to use coconut milk. Just gave up the latte. Awesome!
I love a good cappuccino with lots of froth!
Guess what? Coconut chai is a fav of mine! I make it pretty much the same, but I add a dose of sugar free coconut syrup! I’m a coconut nut! 😀
I love herbal teas of any flavor!
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Hot cocoa, chai, green tea–ah, the season of warm drinks. Mmm.
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My favorite hot drink is vanilla steamed milk, just sweet enough without caffeine… the perfect before bed treat.
My favorite hot drink is pumpkin latte. Nothing says fall to me like a pumpkin flavored coffee beverage. I love your blog!!!
I love a good jasmine green tea (preferably Adagio’s) any time of year!
My favorite beverage of the season if violet tea, it’s amazing!!
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Fresh warm apple cider.
hot tea with honey
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I love my mother’s “Russian Tea” hot beverage mix. Basically tea with lemonade and Tang mixed in it. Would love the kettle… Thanks for the chance!
I am a subscriber to your newsletter and follow you on pinterest if that counts! I don’t participate in facebook…. I’m ancient, I know!
I am a Hot Chocolate girl. Preferably with homemade marshmallows.
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I love Pumpkin Spice Lattes
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I love hot tea with lemon and honey
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Hot chocolate.
Hot Tea with milk and sugar. Yum
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chai. absolutely.
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Hot tea with milk & just a touch of honey. Looking forward to trying the chai.
My favorite hot winter beverage is hot chocolate with just a touch of cinnamon.
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I already subscribe to your newsletter and look forward to it each week – thanks!
hot cocoa, very sweet, is my fall hot drink of choice
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pumpkin spice mocha w/ whip!
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Definitely love chai
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