Come and learn about moon milk and how people have used it for centuries. My Midnight Moon Milk recipe is a tribute the origins with its Earthy flavors and natural color.
For New Year’s Eve, I made myself a little moon milk to celebrate the changing of the year and a rebalancing of my spirit, which feels as if it has been dragging a bit this year. I created my Midnight Moon Milk recipe with a combination of natural flavors and spices that I love and then topped it off with pearl luster dust to represent that stars as they guide us into another season of life. Hopefully, it will be a season of joy, calmness and rediscovering any pathway that has been lost for you and for me.
What is Moon Milk?
Moon Milk is a drink that has its origins in Ayurvedic traditions, which includes a healing system from India focused on balancing the mind, body and spirit. Moon Milk drink recipes are supposed to combine natural elements – including the colorants – to create an herbal sleep aide. There’s many, many variations of moon milk recipes today online and even in places like Bon Appetite magazine.
What are Ayurvedic traditions
Ayurvedic traditions see health as being in harmony with nature and treating the person as a whole versus just symptoms. You can read more about this {HERE}. I am not an expert on it by any means, but I am a big believer in the connectiveness of the planet and the universe. Personally, I feel the best when I approach life this way. When I take care of my body, my mind is more at ease. When my mind is more at ease, my emotions are brighter and then my spirit feels freer and more creative. And when I spend more time in nature, I get the benefits of everything above.
(As a side note friends, I am also a big believer in modern medicine. I love and appreciate that we live in a time where we have the wonderful traditions and herb remedies from the past alongside the advancements in modern medicine. I see them working together as a piece of that balance.)
Cave Moon Milk
Another rendition of Moon Milk is cave moon milk, which is actually a substance that drips off limestone that is composed of different kinds of crystals and minerals. It can be found in caves around the world and is a creamy and white substance. There is some record of this being used in Germany and Switzerland in the 1500s and prescribed as medicine until the 1900s. Medieval Folklore suggested the cave drippings were condensed moonlight and the name is partially taken from there. You can read more about this {HERE} and {HERE}.
What is in my Moon Milk recipe?
My Midnight Moon Milk recipe contains whole milk, butterfly pea flower for color, lose leaf peppermint, lose leaf chamomile, vanilla extract and honey. I also included some edible luster dust on top, which is completely optional. It is a simple recipe that is heated and at its most basic form is like a milk tea.
Why these ingredients?
First and foremost, I included these ingredients in my Midnight Moon Milk recipe because I like them and I enjoy the flavors. Beyond that, here are some of the reasons I specifically used these herbs.
- Whole milk is used in my recipe because that is what we drink. Use whatever milk you are used to so the flavor profile is already something enjoyable. Plant milks work well too.
- Peppermint is known for helping with digestion and reducing stress.
- Chamomile helps to promote sleep and relaxation.
- Vanilla extract is added for flavor and rounding out the herbal flavors so they don’t overpower the drink. If you want you can instead use vanilla bean which is said to help with stress relief and mood boosting. Simply scrap the contents of the bean into the pot.
- Honey is used as a sweetener but it also has some soothing benefits.
- Butterfly Pea Flower is used as the colorant here and often used as a natural way to color food and cosmetics. You can read about some of the claimed health effects {HERE}. It does not have a taste but if you add too much to the Moon milk recipe and do not dissolve it properly it can create a chalky taste in the milk.
Where can I buy the ingredients?
You can buy lose leaf peppermint and chamomile at any local tea shop or online. You can also find them on Amazon. Just make sure whatever you are buying is made for tea and is edible. For the Butterfly Pea Flower powder, I have only ever found it online. I have this one {HERE}. Again, please make sure if you are buying from another place or even just using a different brand it says it is edible. Ideally you also want it to be organic.
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Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends! I hope you love my Midnight Moon Milk recipe. You can find the full, recipe below. I hope you will come visit us again. Happy New Year.
Midnight Moon Milk recipe
Equipment
- Small sauce pan
- Whisk
- Strainer
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk or your preferred milk
- 1-3 tsp butterfly pea flower powder The amount you use will impact the color but using too much without incorporating it well can produce a chalky flavor.
- 2 tsp lose leaf peppermint leave
- 1 tbsp dried chamomile flowers for tea
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or the scrapings of 1 vanilla bean
- 2 tsp honey
- Optional: Pearl luster dust
Instructions
- Warm the milk in a sauce pan on the stove over medium heat. Add in the butterfly pea flower powder and whisk well to incorporate.
- Add in the peppermint, vanilla, chamomile flowers and honey. Simmer for 7 minutes until warmed. Do not let it boil.
- Strain the lose herbs out of the milk and serve in a heat safe mug. If you are adding the luster dust you can sprinkle this right on top of the glass and stir it in. It will rise to the top.
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