Golden Milk Turmeric Tea, made with turmeric, is a powerful anti-inflammatory drink that may ease depression symptoms, build heart health, relieve arthritis symptoms, and more!
I love the way blogging connects me to so many people everywhere. Last year, when I blogged about the finger pain I was experiencing, My Great Aunt Janey sent me an email telling me about a Golden Milk recipe. I see my Great Aunt Janey once every few years, so there’s no way she would have known about my finger pain without this blog.
Now I know my Great Uncle Carl (who I’ve always looked up to for his healthful ways) drinks Golden Milk as a way to fight inflammation and naturally soothe arthritis pain. The power of the blog. I’ve since started using turmeric in my cooking more, like in this recipe for Cauliflower Soup with Turmeric.
Now it’s time for me to pass on what I learned from my Great Aunt Janey.
Health Benefits of Turmeric Tea
Golden Milk, also sometimes called Turmeric Tea, is a warm beverage filled with health benefits. The star of the show is turmeric. Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory effects (source).
Inflammation is linked to numerous health conditions and diseases, so everyone should be diligent to keep it at bay in their bodies.
Turmeric also has antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, and antimutagenic properties. (source) This superstar may also ease symptoms of depression naturally, relieve arthritis pain, and build your heart health (source). With all those health benefits, you would be crazy not to give this a try!
I find I crave a warm drink in the afternoon, so Golden Milk has been a perfect healthful beverage to satisfy that craving while delivering powerful health benefits. 
How do you make Turmeric Tea?
To make Golden Milk Turmeric Tea, first you need to have turmeric paste on hand. This takes five minutes to make and then you can have it on hand in the refrigerator. It will last about two weeks refrigerated. Turmeric powder is mixed with water and black pepper to make a paste. The black pepper is important as it increased the absorption of the turmeric. It won’t do us any good if our bodies can’t absorb it, right?
The Golden Milk Turmeric Tea recipe is also super easy to whip up. I add a little sweetener (either raw honey or stevia) and some ground ginger, ground cinnamon, and pure vanilla extract. The taste? AMAZING. I love this stuff. Trust me, it doesn’t taste like you are drinking a stir-fry. (That’s what I think of when I think of turmeric.)
I also add coconut oil to my Golden Milk because the fat also helps with absorption. It also adds another set of health benefits, which you can read about here.
How often should you drink turmeric tea?
Ideally, drink Golden Milk Turmeric Tea everyday. I hope you’ll add this turmeric tea recipe to your daily routine. I would also love it if you’d share it with someone in your life who might need it. Want to try using fresh turmeric? I recommend this Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tea. Here’s to our health!
Golden Milk Turmeric Tea Recipe
Another wonderful drink loaded with health benefits is this Matcha Vanilla Latte recipe. I hope you’ll try them both!
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Golden Milk Turmeric Tea Recipe
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 1-2 1x
Description
This Golden Milk Turmeric Tea is a great anti-inflammatory drink!
Ingredients
- 2 cups non-dairy milk (I prefer unsweetened almond or coconut milk)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric paste (recipe below)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger (fresh may be used also)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1–2 teaspoons raw honey or 5 drops pure liquid stevia
- Turmeric Paste
- 1/4 cup turmeric powder
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan and gently heat over low heat.
- Whisk well to ensure you combine the paste, oil, and spices.
- Serve warm. Enjoy!
- Turmeric Paste
- Mix the turmeric and water in a pan over low heat, stirring until a paste is formed.
- Once you have a paste, stir in the black pepper.
- Cool and store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Category: beverage
This post was originally published in 2015. Some photos were updated an a video added January 2019.
Can you go ahead and mix the cinamon and ginger into the paste too or any of the other ingredients?
Am wanting to try this. I can not find the recipe for the turmeric paste anywhere on the post. Can you give the recipe again? Thanks!
The paste recipe is right inside the rest of the printable recipe. Here are the instructions:
Mix the turmeric and water in a pan over low heat, stirring until a paste is formed.
Once you have a paste, stir in the black pepper.
I hope that helps!
1/2 cup water, 1/4 cup turmeric, 3/4 tsp black pepper.
Curious about the water ratio on the paste. Mine came out quite runny. Then I doubled the turmeric and its super thick :/
It’s thick enough that it holds together (it’s not totally liquid-y) but loose enough that you can stir it. Does that help?
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you can also make little turmeric “bites” by mixing turmeric, black pepper, and honey or coconut oil and baking them. i also had a question about this recipe though. somebody else asked but i think it got overlooked in the comment stream. is there a reason you can’t mix the spices, oil, and honey into the paste and keep that in the fridge?
That’s a good question. I can’t think of why you couldn’t. I guess I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll have to try it! When I do, I’ll let you know how it goes.
Yes you can put little dollops of the paste on a parchment lined cookie sheet and freeze then pour the frozen bits in a container in the freezer. Take one or two daily. Fantastic health benefits even for our pets!! Google it.
Wow great idea!
Tks for recipe. So, do i make paste first then add other ingredients?
Yes, you make the paste first. The recipe will make more paste than what you need for one recipe, so you can keep it in the fridge and don’t have to make the paste each time. 🙂
This was just lovely. Thank you so much for sharing!
Ive been wanting to try this and I finally did for the first time tonight. It was delish. I think i will add more cinnamon and vanilla next time. I have the paste in the refrigerator, and I think I will take it to work with me tomorrow to share with my friends. Thanks so much.
I’m glad you tried this and liked it! You’re very welcome. 🙂
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Just now made and it’s delicious, and to me, its not spicy at all. I do suffer from arthritis & joint pain was just wondering how often should you drink it? I’m also going to turn my on to this b/c she has RA and I hope this will her deal with the pain. Thank you much for posting your recipe.
I would drink it everyday if you can!
Truthfully what does this taste like? Bitter, sweet, bittersweet? I am very much a sissy when it comes to taste and/or texture..don’t want to spend the $$ for the ingredients just to try this once and end up be grossed out.
It’s sweet with a little bit of a bite from the spices. I think it’s delicious!
My husband compared it to a Chia latte.
Yum! 🙂
I was also afraid to try this since I’m quite closed to trying new foods, and have never experimented with herbs and spices. I’m happy to say that this is my favorite hot drink ever!!! It tastes a lot like pumpkin pie or chai latte. I started by buying a chai tea keurig box. I loved it so much that I just graduated to trying the golden milk. Very yummy and not too spicy. Hope this helps!
Thanks for your feedback! I’m glad you love this. 🙂
Can you make the paste with fresh Turmeric instead of powder foam?
That’s a great question! I”m sorry but I’m not sure since I haven’t tried it.
I’ve been experiencing arthritis in my hands and this seems to be very promising. I will attempt to make this, but I was wondering how soon after did the arthritis/pain subside?
I think that will vary person to person. For me it’s been in conjunction with other diet changes (eating less sugar, less gluten, and more anti-inflammatory foods) that I noticed a difference and I noticed it within a week. If you’re only drinking this, however, you might not notice it as quickly or as drastically.
This is true, if you are experiencing arthritis, RA, or joint pain then getting of glutens, sugar and dairy from your diet is really going to make the difference and this drink is the icing on the cake. Try that for a week and see how you feel, what have you got to lose?
This is an amazing drink. If anyone knows, it may be me but, is there a reason why heart rate rises when drinking this? Has anyone noticed/felt the same way?
I have not noticed that at all. Interesting. Sorry I can’t give you any insight.
It’s delicious!
I’m a little late to this party, but is there a reason you couldn’t mix all of the ingredients except for the milk and store it?
Sorry I missed your comment on this! I can’t think of a reason why you couldn’t do that. That’s actually a really good idea. I’m going to give it a try and I’ll let you know how it goes.
This is how I have been making and storing it. I use coconut oil in the mixture too, and store for about 3 weeks. Thereafter it gets dark and somewhat bitter. I have it in hot milk before bed. But please advise that no more than a half teaspoon should be used daily as it can have the effect of upsetting tummies
I do mix all the ingredients when doing the paste then just add milk . Delicious thanks for the recipe. However I did substitute black pepper to cayenne pepper because I have circulatory problem and it has been a blessing, thanks
I’ve been following your blog for over a year but this is my first post. Thank you for all of the recipes, perspectives, and ideas you put forth in this blog. Our family has benefited from your willingness to share your family’s journey.
This tea is great and very timely. 🙂 I just wanted to add that to save time first thing in the morning (I am experimenting with subbing this for my morning coffee), I combined all of the ingredients (except the turmeric paste and almond milk) together in a small canning jar. I warmed the raw honey and coconut oil first to often it so it blended well with the other ingredients. Now in the morning, I heat up my almond milk up and drop in a tablespoon of the other ingredients and 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric paste whisk well and I am set to go. Anything that saves an extra step at 6 am is good news to me.
Again, thanks for everything!
That’s a great idea! And I’m impressed that you are subbing this for your morning coffee. I really should do the same. 🙂
Hi, just to give you some insight on Turmeric Milk. This has been found in Ayurvedic Medicine, which is a branch of medicine founded in India, more than 5-10 thousand years ago. In Ayurvedic Medicine, it is recommended that one should drink this milk for medicinal purpose only, not as a snack.
Since Turmeric is anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-viral also used in Indian cooking you can have Turmeric as part of your daily food intake, other than milk.
I hope this helps.
Do you know why? If I’m not getting it in my daily diet, wouldn’t it be beneficial to drink this daily?
Can you make up the drink and refrigerate for later ?
I don’t see why not.
Can you ginger paste in the tube or does it have to be ground ginger ? Just asking because I thought I had all the ingredients ,but left out ground ginger.
You can use fresh ginger also. Use about 1/2 teaspoon minced.
Thanks for this! Exactly what I was thinking I’d do too, makes it so much easier and I’m more likely to make it when I’m pressed for time.
I like the idea of having all but the honey and milk of choice pretty mixed as it would make my putting it all together much faster as well. I just need to measure it all out.
Also I was pleasantly surprised when nature slave says mentione the instant honeyed ginger drink as I have this every morning instead of coffee. I will be trying this together tomorrow.
I wanted to ask how often the golden milk can be drank in a day?
Thank you for sharing this recipe and I looklook forward to reading more of you blog.
Such great info here! I’m currently not experiencing any pain but I still want to try this out and share it with others, thanks!
Thanks so much, Senika!
Ho Maria I have a question. I whant to try this drink but i take a HB pressure med is it safr too take it if you know. I appreciate it. Thanks
I believe so, but it’s always best to double check with your doctor.
Yes, it is safe. I have hbp and meds.
I make Golden Milk with turmeric powder and without black pepper. Is your milk spicy?
Coconut milk has a lot of fat that helps the absorption of turmeric, but I guess one can never have enough healthy fats, right :)?
No, not spicy at all. Maybe a tiny bite from the pepper, but not really noticeable. I’ve read that the pepper increases the absorption the most, so that’s why I include it.
Thank you, Maryea. I will play a bit with the amount of black pepper until I get a good ratio. I don’t like foods or drinks too spicy, but a bit of heat it’s okay.
If you don’t like the pepper, add a little coconut oil. That will also allow you to absorb the good properties of the turmeric.
Turmeric can only be absorbed with pepper or a oil. So if you use an oil, you should be fine
You need the pepper to help with absorbing the tumeric
You need the black pepper to create the anti-inflammatory properties combined with turmeric!
Yes, I use black pepper in the turmeric paste. 🙂