Homemade Mexican Horchata (Dairy-free, Vegan)

Ingredients

• 1 cup long grain rice
• 3 cups water
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/2 tsp ground Ceylon cinnamon
• 3 cups almond milk or vegan milk of your choice
• 1/2 tbsp alcohol free vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup organic coconut cream
• 3-4 tbsp maple syrup more or less, depending on how sweet you’d like it

Instructions

1. Rinse the rice well under water and drain.
2. Add rice, water and cinnamon sticks to a high powered blender. Blend until rice and cinnamon are ground (about 60 seconds)
3. Pour the blended mixture into a bowl, cover and chill in the fridge for at least 8 hours.
4. After chilling, strain through a nutbag or a clean kitchen towel into a large bowl or pitcher.
5. Whisk in almond milk, coconut cream, maple syrup (or other sweetener of your choice), ground cinnamon and vanilla.
6. Serve over ice and add ground cinnamon and a cinnamon stick to garnish.