The recipe tops sweet, creamy horchata with floral, brilliantly blue butterfly pea flower tea. The result is a visually stunning drink that’s perfect for cooling off with on a warm afternoon.
Blue Moon Horchata Recipe
Ingredients
For the horchata:
- 1/2 cup rice, rinsed
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cups almond milk, unsweetened
- 1 cup oat milk, unsweetened
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
For the tea:
- 4 oz boiling water
- 1 tsp Butterfly Pea Flower herbal tea
Instructions
- Soak 1/2 cup rice, 1 1/2 cup water, and 1 cinnamon stick overnight.
- Place horchata ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth, then strain and transfer horchata to a pitcher.
- Place the tea in a cup, infuse with hot water.
- Steep for five minutes. Strain and let it cool.
- Fill a glass with ice and pour in the horchata until 3/4 of the glass is full.
- Top off with the butterfly pea flower tea.
- Enjoy!
Photo and recipe credit: Sandra Aguirre.
