Warm Sea Moss Tea
How do you make sea moss tea?
Warm a cup of water or milk with cinnamon, nutmeg and a strip of lime peel over medium-low heat. Whisk in two tablespoons of sea moss gel until it dissolves, about two minutes, then sweeten it off the heat. Keep it below a boil, because hard boiling breaks down the gel and leaves the tea thin.
Key takeaways
- Warm water or milk with cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea moss gel, then whisk until fully dissolved and serve warm. see section
- Keep the heat gentle and avoid boiling; the gel dissolves well below a simmer without wasting heat. see section
- Two tablespoons sea moss gel mixed into one cup milk creates a traditional Caribbean beverage. see section
The traditional way Caribbean households have taken sea moss for generations: warmed gently into a spiced, lightly sweetened drink. Ten minutes on the stove.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons sea moss gel
- 1 cup water or milk of choice
- 1 cinnamon stick (or 1/2 teaspoon ground)
- Pinch of grated nutmeg
- 1–2 teaspoons honey, agave, or condensed milk
- Optional: a strip of lime peel
Method
- Warm the water or milk with the cinnamon, nutmeg, and lime peel over medium-low heat — do not boil.
- Whisk in the sea moss gel until it dissolves completely, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, sweeten to taste, and serve warm.
Keep the heat gentle: high heat isn’t needed and wastes nothing but time — the gel dissolves well below a simmer. Works with any of our gels; unflavored is the classic.
Why the heat is kept low
Sea moss gel sets because of the carrageenan in the moss, and that structure is what gives the drink its body. Hold it at a rolling boil and the structure breaks down: the tea will still taste fine, but it goes thin and stays thin once it cools. Medium-low heat, whisking until it disappears, keeps the silkiness. If you have ever wondered why a sea moss tea came out watery, this is almost always the reason.
Water or milk, and what changes
Made with water this is a light, spiced drink and the sea moss is the body in it. Made with milk it is closer to a Caribbean punch: heavier, sweeter tasting even without more sweetener, and more forgiving if you are new to the flavour. Evaporated or condensed milk is the traditional route and is sweet enough on its own that you can skip the honey entirely.
Sweeten off the heat, not on it. Honey added to a hot pan loses its character, and you will use less of it if you add it at the end and taste as you go.
Making it ahead
A batch of four cups keeps three days in the fridge and reheats gently on the stove or in short bursts in the microwave, stirring between them. It thickens as it chills, so a batch that seemed right when hot will be noticeably fuller the next morning; loosen it with a splash of water or milk while reheating rather than adding more gel.
Cold, it is a perfectly good drink in its own right, and it is what we make in the Houston kitchen through summer: same recipe, chilled, poured over ice with an extra strip of lime peel.
A note on how much
Two tablespoons of gel makes one cup. Doubling the gel does not make the tea twice as good, and because of iodine, stay at up to 3 servings a day as the gel label directs. The numbers behind that are on how much sea moss per day. This is food, not medicine.
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- Does sea moss have iodine?
Yes. Sea moss, whether the purple African variety we use or the Chondrus crispus sold as Irish moss, is a seaweed, and seaweeds absorb iodine from the water they grow in. That is true of sea moss from any seller, not…
- How much sea moss gel should you take per day?
We recommend up to 3 servings per day. See the instructions on the gel bottle for details.
- How is Yaow Seamoss tested?
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