{ "id": 1015292, "title": "Chocolate Chai Pancakes", "slug": "chocolate-chai-pancakes", "type": "page", "url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/chai-tea/chocolate-chai-pancakes/", "modified": "2026-05-27T09:21:00+01:00", "excerpt": "Fluffy American pancakes with chocolate chai powder whisked through, served with maple syrup, yogurt and raspberries. Makes 8.", "content_text": "These are a Sunday-morning treat: a classic American pancake batter with a chocolate chai powder whisked through, so a warm chai-cocoa note runs all the way through the fluffy stack. The batter is the usual flour, baking powder, egg, milk and a little sugar, with the chai powder doing the flavouring.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Chocolate Chai Pancakes recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/chai-tea/chocolate-chai-pancakes/Stack them up with warm maple syrup, a spoon of Greek yogurt and a scatter of raspberries; the chai spice lifts the syrup and meets the tart fruit nicely.", "recipe_contract": { "id": "recipe_1015292", "slug": "chocolate-chai-pancakes", "canonical_url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/chai-tea/chocolate-chai-pancakes/", "citation_slug": "chocolate-chai-pancakes", "recipe_type": "chai-recipes", "required_teas": [ { "product_id": 6004, "slug": "drink-me-chai-chocolate-chai-latte-225g", "name": "Drink Me Chai Chocolate Chai Latte, 225g", "role": "primary", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/drink-me-chai-chocolate-chai-latte-225g/", "reason": "Primary tea mapped as required for this recipe.", "confidence": "high" } ], "optional_teas": [ { "product_id": 6432, "slug": "yogi-organic-tea-turmeric-chai-17-tea-bags-34g", "name": "Yogi Tea Organic Turmeric Chai, 17 Tea Bags 34g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/yogi-organic-tea-turmeric-chai-17-tea-bags-34g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 898, "slug": "good-earth-rooibos-chai-15-tea-bags-34-5g", "name": "Good Earth Rooibos Chai, 15 Tea Bags 34.5g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/good-earth-rooibos-chai-15-tea-bags-34-5g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 3234, "slug": "dragonfly-organic-cape-chai-rooibos-40-tea-bags-80g", "name": "Dragonfly Organic Cape Chai Rooibos, 40 Tea Bags 80g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/dragonfly-organic-cape-chai-rooibos-40-tea-bags-80g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" } ], "related_wiki_topics": [ "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/chai-tea/" ], "action_policy": { "recipe_page": "content_read", "product_links": "content_read", "buy_cards": "recommendation_card", "purchase_intent": "requires_explicit_human_confirmation", "cart_mutation": "blocked_for_agents" }, "schema_policy": { "emit_recipe_schema_when_method_and_ingredients_exist": true, "do_not_invent_ingredients": true, "map_required_teas_to_products": true }, "provenance": [ { "source": "wordpress_recipe_post_meta", "source_meta": "_tr_*", "post_id": 1015292, "product_id": 6004, "source_pid": 6004, "modified_at": "2026-05-27T09:21:00+00:00" } ], "render_fields": { "prep": "20 min", "serves": "Serves 2 (makes 8 pancakes)", "difficulty": "Easy", "ingredients": [ "25g Drink Me Chai Chocolate Chai Latte powder (1 standard serving)", "150g plain flour", "2 teaspoons of baking powder", "A pinch of fine sea salt", "1 tablespoon of golden caster sugar", "1 large free-range egg", "250ml whole milk", "1 tablespoon of melted unsalted butter, cooled", "1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, for the pan", "To serve per plate: 4 tablespoons of warm maple syrup, 2 tablespoons of Greek yogurt, a small handful of fresh raspberries", "1 large non-stick frying pan (about 24cm diameter)", "1 large mixing bowl, 1 small ladle (about 80ml capacity)" ], "method": [ "Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and chai powder into a large bowl and whisk to combine.", "Whisk in the sugar.", "Make a well in the centre, crack in the egg, and pour in the milk and cooled melted butter.", "Whisk from the centre out until you have a smooth, thick, lump-free batter, then rest it for five minutes.", "Set a non-stick pan over medium heat, brush with oil, then wipe most of it off so the pan is just glossy.", "Ladle in about 80ml of batter; the thick batter spreads itself into a round, so do not push it out.", "Cook for about two minutes, until bubbles appear across the surface and the edges set, then flip once and cook the other side for a minute until golden.", "Stack the cooked pancakes on a warm plate and repeat, wiping the pan with a little oil between each.", "Build two stacks of four, drizzle with warm maple syrup, add Greek yogurt and scatter over raspberries.", "Tip: rest the batter before cooking, as it lets the baking powder get going for a fluffier pancake." ], "outcome": "Two stacks of fluffy chocolate-chai pancakes with maple syrup, cool Greek yogurt and fresh raspberries.", "product_id": 6004, "cross_product_ids": [ 6432, 898, 3234 ], "wiki": "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/chai-tea/", "news": "https://teas.co.uk/news/", "source_pid": 6004 }, "contract_version": "2026-06-18.five-token-staging-p2", "source_hash": "f8d36e7ec3b5865b2003e5d72199ee44d814cabc3da1ef844b0bf8ae72b5df3d" }, "contentSignals": "ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes", "links": { "apiCatalog": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/api-catalog", "llmsTxt": "https://teas.co.uk/llms.txt", "mcpCard": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json", "primaryAgenticRouteAuthority": "https://teas.co.uk/.well-known/teas-primary-agentic-route-authority.json" } }