Christmas Recipe: Christmas Black Tea with Milk & Mountain Honey

A warm, comforting drink, to be savored slowly in an armchair, with a blanket over your shoulders, a crackling fire, with family or friends...

A tea that warms the body and soothes the mind.

Ingredients (1 large cup)

• 3g of organic Assam black tea from Chill Tea Atelier

• 200 ml of water

• 100 ml of whole milk or almond milk

• 1 small cinnamon stick

• 1 pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

• 1 clove

• 1 teaspoon of mountain honey

• 1 thin strip of organic orange peel

• (optional) a dash of vanilla

Preparation (slow & cozy)

1. Heat the water with the cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and orange.

   Let it simmer gently for 5 minutes, like a perfume in the air.

2. Add the black tea and let it infuse for 3 to 4 minutes.

3. Pour in the milk, reduce the heat, and heat for another 2 minutes without boiling.

4. Strain, sweeten with honey.

5. Serve very hot, in a preheated thick cup.

The Chill tip

Serve this tea:

• in a thick stoneware or ceramic cup

• with a cinnamon stick

• accompanied by a square of dark chocolate or a homemade biscuit

Drink slowly , watching the snow fall.

Christmas is not about excess.

It's about warmth, slowness, presence, family, friends.

Merry Christmas dear reader.