Chia coffee recipe
A delicious refreshing cool chia seed drink which taste super yummy. This delicious drink is perfect on a hot summer day. This recipe is a twist to your regular coffee. It has chia seeds added in them which makes is more healthy. During hot summer days this is my caffeine of choice. The recipe is similar to my cold coffee except I added bloomed chia in them. Once u try this, you will crave for this very often.
About Chia Coffee
Chia is one of the most healthy ingredient you can include in your diet. Usually chia is added in breakfast, milkshakes, smoothies, desserts and puddings. But this chia coffee is my latest addiction. It is a great addition to my morning hot coffee or black coffee. The ingredient used in this chia coffee is milk, coffee, sugar and chia seeds. You can obviously use honey, maple syrup or agave instead of sugar. And also use any plant based milk instead of regular milk. But it is important to bloom chia seeds before using, since chia absorbs nearly 10 times the water. Start by blooming chia in water. I usually add chia seeds in a bowl, cover with water and allow it to bloom in fridge overnight. This way I have bloomed chia seeds ready in fridge whenever I need. Now just mix in your regular iced coffee and enjoy.
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Chia coffee ingredients
Milk - I used regular milk for making chia coffee. But you can use any plant based milk instead of regular milk. Soy milk, almond milk or oat milk are perfect choices. Coffee - I used instant coffee powder in this recipe but you can add a shot of espresso too. I have made this coffee with instant espresso. Sweetener of choice - instead of sugar, choose healthy alternative like honey, maple syrup or agave instead of sugar. Chia seeds - start by using a tbsp of chia seeds, you can slowly increase it as per your need.
Health Benefits of Chia Seeds
I always have a bottle of chia on hand to make chia pudding often, you can know that from my chia pudding post. I have shared over 10 variations of chia pudding in that recipe. Do you know! Chia seeds has as much calcium as a glass of milk, more Omega-3s than a serving of walnuts, as many antioxidantsas blueberries. It is one of the highly nutritious ingredients. Here are some of the known health benefits of chia. Chia seeds contains,
Essential Fatty Acids Protein Vitamins A, B, E and D Minerals like calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese, niacin, thiamine, and others Antioxidants
How to Make Chia Coffee (Stepwise Pictures)
Blooming chia
1)Start by blooming the chia seed. Take chia seeds in a bowl, add in ¼ cup of cold water over the chia and allow it to sit for 15 to 30 minutes for it to bloom. Usually I leave this in fridge overnight.
Mixing Coffee Sugar
2)Take instant coffee powder in a bowl. You can use instant espresso as well. 3)Add in sugar to taste. Honey, brown sugar, maple syrup and agave can be used instead of regular sugar. 4)Add in 1 tbsp of hot water into the sugar and coffee mixture. Mix this really well so the sugar and coffee melts together. 5)Your coffee syrup is ready. Let this cool completely.
Making Cold Coffee
6)Take the coffee syrup in the blender. You can add ice cubes at this point to make super cold coffee. 7)Add in cold milk into the coffee mixture. Coconut milk can be used instead of regular milk for coconut flavoured coffee. You can use any plant based milk instead of regular milk. Soy milk, almond milk or oat milk are perfect choices. 8)Blend till smooth and creamy.
Adding Chia
9)Now add in the bloomed chia seeds. You can add in as much as you want. 10)mix this really well using a spoon.
Serving Cold Coffee
11)Take a serving glass, drizzle sides with chocolate sauce. This is optional. 12)Pour the cold iced chia coffee into the serving glass. 13)Serve cold.
Expert tips
Chia seeds has to be bloomed before using, else it may absorb too much liquid. You can add a spoon of cocoa powder for making mocha iced coffee. Coconut milk can be used instead of regular milk for coconut flavoured coffee. Honey, brown sugar, maple syrup and agave can be used instead of regular sugar. You can make a jar of bloomed chia seed and store in fridge.
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