{ "id": 1011240, "title": "Iced Chocolate and Mint", "slug": "iced-chocolate-and-mint", "type": "page", "url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced-tea/iced-chocolate-and-mint/", "modified": "2026-04-08T20:03:00+01:00", "excerpt": "Iced Teapigs Chocolate and Mint with extra-strong concentrate, cocoa syrup, cold whole milk over cubed ice and a dark chocolate grating.", "content_text": "An iced dessert drink that tastes like a cold after-eight. It is built on Teapigs Chocolate and Mint, brewed extra-strong so the flavour survives the milk and ice, then poured over cubed ice with a little homemade cocoa syrup, cold milk and a grating of dark chocolate on top. The tea brings the mint and a base of chocolate; the cocoa syrup lifts the chocolate so it still reads once everything is cold.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Iced Chocolate and Mint recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced-tea/iced-chocolate-and-mint/Two tea temples rather than one is the key, as a single one disappears behind the milk. Make the cocoa syrup ahead and keep it in the fridge, and the drink comes together in a few minutes. Use oat milk to keep it vegan.", "recipe_contract": { "id": "recipe_1011240", "slug": "iced-chocolate-and-mint", "canonical_url": "https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced-tea/iced-chocolate-and-mint/", "citation_slug": "iced-chocolate-and-mint", "recipe_type": "iced-tea-recipes", "required_teas": [ { "product_id": 5789, "slug": "teapigs-chocolate-and-mint-15-tea-bags-37-5g", "name": "Teapigs Chocolate and Mint, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g", "role": "primary", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/teapigs-chocolate-and-mint-15-tea-bags-37-5g/", "reason": "Primary tea mapped as required for this recipe.", "confidence": "high" } ], "optional_teas": [ { "product_id": 901, "slug": "tetley-peppermint-20-tea-bags-32g", "name": "Tetley Peppermint, 20 Tea Bags 32g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/tetley-peppermint-20-tea-bags-32g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 1095, "slug": "lift-instant-lemon-black-tea-165g", "name": "Lift Instant Lemon Black Tea, 165g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/lift-instant-lemon-black-tea-165g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "product_id": 6021, "slug": "tropical-sun-sorrel-and-ginger-20-tea-bags-40g", "name": "Tropical Sun Sorrel and Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 40g", "role": "optional", "product_url": "https://teas.co.uk/product/tropical-sun-sorrel-and-ginger-20-tea-bags-40g/", "reason": "Curated optional pairing for this recipe.", "confidence": "medium" } ], "related_wiki_topics": [ "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/peppermint-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": 1011240, "product_id": 5789, "source_pid": 5789, "modified_at": "2026-04-08T20:03:00+00:00" } ], "render_fields": { "prep": "15 min", "serves": "Serves 2", "difficulty": "Easy", "ingredients": [ "2 Teapigs Chocolate and Mint tea temples", "200ml freshly drawn water (used at 95C, off-boil and stood 30 seconds)", "200ml cold whole milk (100ml per glass; oat milk works for the vegan version)", "1 tbsp homemade cocoa syrup (recipe below) or 1 tbsp good shop-bought chocolate sauce", "1 tsp acacia honey (optional, to balance the chocolate edge)", "Plenty of cubed ice for the two glasses", "2 fresh mint sprigs, to garnish", "1 small square of dark chocolate, for the final grating", "For the cocoa syrup: 30g cocoa powder, 30g golden caster sugar, 30ml hot water, a small pinch of fine sea salt" ], "method": [ "If you do not already have cocoa syrup, make it: whisk the cocoa, sugar, hot water and a pinch of salt together until smooth and glossy, then cool. It keeps for a fortnight in the fridge.", "Boil the kettle, let it stand thirty seconds to drop to 95C, and pour the 200ml over the two tea temples in a heatproof jug. Cover with a saucer.", "Steep for seven minutes, longer than a hot cup so the flavour stands up to dilution, then lift out the temples without pressing them and discard.", "Cool the jug in the freezer for ten minutes. Hot concentrate over ice would melt it and water the drink down.", "Fill two tall glasses to the top with ice.", "Pour 100ml of the cooled concentrate over the ice in each glass.", "Add half a tablespoon of cocoa syrup and half a teaspoon of honey to each, and stir gently to combine.", "Pour 100ml of cold milk slowly down the side of each glass.", "Stir once or twice to a soft mocha-brown, then grate a few fine shavings of dark chocolate over the top.", "Tuck a mint sprig into each glass and serve at once with long straws. It holds for about ten minutes before the ice softens it." ], "outcome": "Two tall glasses of soft mocha-brown iced chocolate-mint, a mint sprig in each and dark chocolate grated over the top: a cool peppermint lift on the first sip, then a soft cocoa-and-milk dessert finish.", "product_id": 5789, "cross_product_ids": [ 901, 1095, 6021 ], "wiki": "https://teas.co.uk/wiki/peppermint-tea/", "news": "https://teas.co.uk/news/", "source_pid": 5789 }, "contract_version": "2026-06-18.five-token-staging-p2", "source_hash": "cad451bf8c03b1462ea3b9e15a93049d91d2741ae2c4ca4591a9ed12019ac468" }, "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" } }