A warming cup of hot chocolate is just the thing you need on a chilly afternoon or cold winter night.

Or if you have some Tea Drop artisan drinking chocolate lingering around in your kitchen shelf from the winter months, worry not we have some insanely delicious and easy iced and frozen hot chocolate recipes perfect for warmer days when drinking hot chocolate would be, well insane.

Whip up these easy hot and cold chocolate drink recipes at home.

Classic Hot Chocolate

Life is better with chocolate! Especially during winter, nothing beats the deep flavour of the classic hot chocolate.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Tea Drop Artisan Drinking Chocolate
• 30ml hot water
• 200ml milk of your choice

How to make Classic Hot Chocolate

1. Add 20g of chocolate (2tbs) into a mug.
2. A little bit of hot water and make a paste.
3. Pour a little hot milk and stir/mix it up.
4. And then slowly pour the rest of the milk so it becomes chocolaty.
5. Garnish - Grate your favourite chocolate bar on top. We use dark chocolate mint

Whipped Iced Chocolate

A super delicious, rich, and kid-friendly version of the popular Dalgona Coffee.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of Tea Drop Artisan Drinking Chocolate
• 1 table spoon hot water
• 60ml heavy whipping cream
• 120ml milk of your choice

How to make Whipped Iced Chocolate

1. Whisk chocolate powder, hot water, and heavy whipping cream in a small bowl.
2. Add ice and milk to a glass.
3. Top the milk with whipped chocolate.
4. Stir and serve immediately.

Chai Spiced Hot chocolate

Chocolate and chai don’t make an appearance together very often, and it’s a shame because it’s a fantastic combination.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of Tea Drop Chai concentrate
• 2 tablespoons of Tea Drop Artisan Drinking Chocolate
• 230ml milk of your choice
• Whip cream and grated dark chocolate for garnish

How to make Chai Spiced Hot chocolate

1. Place milk in a saucepan on medium heat and add chai concentrate to milk.
2. Add chocolate powder in a cup and add a splash of hot water, mix until it becomes a paste.
3. Add this to the milk and stir well. Leave to gently simmer.
4. Pour chai chocolate into a mug, top it off with whipped cream and garnish with dark chocolate shavings.

Frozen Hot Chocolate

If you love hot chocolate but want to switch things up a little, then you’ve come to the right recipe for that. Also, the word “hot” maybe a little deceptive because this is still a cold drink.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of Tea Drop Artisan Drinking Chocolate
• 4 cups ice
• 200ml milk of your choice
• Whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles to garnish

How to make Frozen Hot Chocolate

1. Add chocolate powder, milk and ice to a blender and blend until smooth
2. Pour the frozen hot chocolate you made into a tall glass, top it off with a generous amount of whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles and serve with a bamboo or stainless-steel straw.

 

 

 

Spice up your breakfast with this simple and easy recipe for some light, fluffy and flavorful pancakes, using our very own Tea Drop Chai Concentrate.

They are simple delicious go on give it a Chai.

What you need:

• 250g all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp Kithul Treacle
• 3 tbsp Chai Concentrate
• 1 egg yolk
• 70g unsalted butter
• 250ml warm milk

How to make:

1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
2. Place a heatproof bowl on the stove or in the microwave - add milk and butter and heat.  (just warm enough to melt the butter)
3. Once milk mixture is warm add Chai Concentrate and Kithul Treacle and stir.
4. Add the egg yolk and milk mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients and whisk together.
5. Whisk till everything is fully combined together and let the batter sit for about 5 - 10 minutes.
6. Place a skillet over the stove on medium heat and lightly grease with butter.
7. Scoop out and pour in 4tbsp of batter into the skillet.
8. Cook for about 2 minutes - now flip and repeat till pancake is light golden brown.
9. Stack the pancakes on a plate drizzle with a favourite sweetener of your choice.  Maple syrup, Honey, Kithul Treacle, butterscotch or chocolate sauce . We used our own chai infused butterscotch sauce.

Chai infused Butterscotch sauce

What you need:

• 200g brown sugar
• 375 ml thickened cream (heavy cream)
• 2 tbsp Chai Concentrate
• 70g unsalted butter

How to make:

Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small pan. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. 

Time to dig in!

We would love to see your pancake creation – share them on our social pipelines @teadroptea.

 

 

This holiday season, we’re delighted to bring you another Christmas recipe from Elise Pulbrook, MasterChef semifinalist and cookbook creator. Elise’s Chamomile Blossom Panna Cotta adds a festive touch to your table, highlighting Tea Drop’s Chamomile Blossoms, available individually and in our Wellness Brews and Restful Retreat Gift Packs as part of our limited-edition Christmas Collection, crafted to bring calm and warmth to the season.

Imagine a luscious panna cotta that’s light, creamy, and elegantly infused with chamomile, paired with delicately poached apricots. With its beautiful aroma and soft, floral flavors, this dish is perfect for a holiday dessert, spooned out with fresh or poached seasonal fruit for a delightful finish.

Chamomile Blossoms Panna Cotta Recipe

Serves: 8 | Prep time: 10-15 minutes plus 30 minutes infusing | Setting time: 6 hours

Ingredients:

• 150ml full cream milk
• 850ml thickened cream
• 5 heaped tablespoons Tea Drop Chamomile Blossoms
• 100g honey (orange blossom honey is ideal)
• 4 gelatine leaves (from a pack where 15 leaves weigh 25g)

Instructions:

1. In a saucepan, combine the milk, cream, chamomile blossoms, and honey. Bring to a gentle heat, stirring occasionally to submerge the chamomile. Just before boiling, turn off the heat and let the mixture infuse for 30 minutes.

2. Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water for 3 to 5 minutes until softened.

3. Reheat the infused mixture until it’s nearly boiling. Remove from heat and strain one cup into a heatproof bowl. Squeeze out the gelatine leaves and whisk into the warm liquid until dissolved. Add back the remaining strained liquid and discard the tea blossoms.

4. Stir the mixture over a bowl of iced water to cool. Pour into a 1L fluted dish or individual moulds. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.

5. To unmould, dip the bottom of the mould in hot water for 5 seconds and turn onto a plate. Serve with chamomile-poached apricots or fresh berries.

Chamomile-Poached Apricots Recipe

 

Ingredients:

• 500ml water
• 250g sugar
• 2 heaped tablespoons Tea Drop Chamomile Blossoms
• 1 vanilla pod (optional)
• 500g apricots, halved and stoned

Instructions:

1. Place apricot halves in a clean, heatproof jar.

2. In a saucepan, combine water, sugar, chamomile, and vanilla. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 5–10 minutes to infuse.

3. Strain the syrup over the apricots, discarding chamomile and vanilla pod, then seal the jar. Let cool, and refrigerate for at least 1 day to deepen flavours.

 

If you love all things mint, then this is the drink for you. We paired our Tea Drop peppermint tea with everyone’s favourite cocktail “mojito” and voila!  A refreshing peppermint tea infused mojito for the weekend.  

What you need

• Tea Drop Peppermint tea
• Mint leaves
• Lime wedges
• Honey
• White rum (optional)
• Club Soda
• Ice cubes

Note: Play with your quantities to suit your taste.

How to 

• Brewing the tea: Brew 3 Teaspoons of loose-leaf peppermint tea for 3 -4 minutes in 230ml at 99 °C
• Add mint leaves, lime wedge and honey into a cocktail shaker.
• Use a muddler and crush to release mint oil and lime juice.
• Add the brewed tea and rum to the mixture and shake.
• Strain and pour into an ice filled tall glass.
• Top up with club soda.
• Garnish with mint and serve.

Peppermint Tea

Our peppermint tea is a premium hand-crafted blend using only the freshest peppermint leaves. It has been packed in small batches to maintain superior flavour and freshness. Taste the difference with Tea Drop today!

 

Missing the days when you could just hop on a plane and fly to a tropical island during winter?

Escape to a tropical paradise with this harmonious mix of tropical fruits blended with Tea Drops very own golden girl to create a creamy and refreshing drink.

What you need:

• 1 passion fruit
• 4 large oranges
• 1 large ripe mango
• 1.5 tsp turmeric latte in 200ml water
• 2 tablespoon sugar (optional)

How to make smoothie

Cut the passion fruit in half scoop out the pulp into a bowl and beat it with a fork to extract pulp from the seeds. Now strain this into your blender.

Add rest of the ingredients to the blender and blend till smooth and creamy consistency is reached.