Hot Chaga Chocolate

Ingredients

• 10 oz warm chaga tea

• 2 TBSP cocoa powder

• ½ TSP vanilla extract

• 1 pinch sea salt

• 1/8 TSP Cayenne pepper

• ¼ TSP Cinnamon

• Milk and maple syrup to taste (optional)

Method

1. Brew chaga tea. Combine one chaga chunk or 1/8 cup ground chaga and 1/2 gal water in crockpot. Leave on low overnight. (simmer on low for 4-8 hours if you do not have a crockpot).

2. Combine chaga tea, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt, pepper, and cinnamon.

3. Blend or shake for 1 minute

4. Refrigerate any leftover chaga tea for up to 10 days. Chaga chunks can be frozen and reused to brew tea 3-4 times.