Color Magic in the Kitchen: A Rainbow of Warm Winter Drinks

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We’ve all heard wearing red can boost our confidence, or that blue can create a more peaceful feeling. Basically, we see energy when our brain interprets certain wavelengths as color. Call it color therapy or call it color magic, color certainly has an effect on us. Chromatherapy, the use of color in a healing capacity, dates back to ancient Egypt and is still studied and utilized today.

To help you create a little color magic of your own this winter, we’re sharing several colorful warm drink ideas, as well as a kitchen ritual to help seal it all in. For an entire rainbow of colorful warm drink recipes, you can read the full article in our winter 2022 issue — The Woo Issue. (You can read the entire issue for free just by signing up for our enewsletter!)

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These recipes are drawn from a combination of color theory, candle magic, the western seven chakra system, and aura imaging. Keep in mind that your association with certain colors may be completely different than the next person’s. And that’s not only OK, it’s super cool! Many cultures associate colors with different things. So, adjust accordingly. Magic isn’t rigid. Your intentions and how each color makes you feel should drive how you use these rainbow-hued beverages above all else.

The Ritual:

• Gather a mug and drink ingredients, then light a candle. 
• Hold the mug in your hands, then visualize charging the mug with the energy you’d like to call in.
• Make your beverage, but take your time, and avoid distractions if possible. 
• Before you sip, stir your drink clockwise three times and say one of the affirmations for that color (or feel free to make up your own)!
• As you sip, focus on the color and also contemplate the actions you can take to help the magic manifest. 

A Pink Mugful

You might need this one if:
• Your heart could use some tending. 
• You would like to call in a new partner (platonic or romantic).
• You would like to put yourself in a more romantic mood. 

Ingredients:
1 cup milk of choice
1 tsp loose dried rose
1/4 cup roasted red beet
1/2 tsp maca powder
splash of vanilla
scant tbsp honey

Recipe:
1.) Add the milk and dried rose to a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat. 
2.) Add the roasted beet, maca, vanilla and honey to a blender.
3.) Once the milk is close to boiling, strain it into the blender, catching the rose so it doesn’t go into the blender. 
4.) Blend everything together until very smooth.
5.) Pour into a mug then continue with your ritual.

Affirmation Ideas:
• My heart is open to those who are worthy of seeing it. 
• I love myself, I love myself, I love myself. 
• I call upon the magic of romance.

An Orange Mugful

You might need this one if:
• You are working to awaken your sacral/sensual energy. 
• You’d like to call on creativity/your muses. 
• You are ready for a new opportunity to present itself to you.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup orange tea
1/2 cup milk of choice
1 scant tbsp honey
good sprinkle of cinnamon
splash of vanilla
1/2 clementine
1 tbsp pumpkin puree

Recipe:
1.) Brew a cup of orange tea.
2.) Meanwhile, heat up the milk in a small saucepan.
3.) Next, add the clementine, pumpkin, honey, cinnamon and vanilla to a blender.
4.) Once the tea is ready and the milk is close to boiling, add those to the blender too.
5.) Blend everything together until it’s very smooth.
5.) Pour into a mug then continue with your ritual.

Affirmation Ideas:
• I am open to the creative process.
• My sexual expression is protected and sacred.
• I am present, I am playful, I am here.

A White Mugful

You might need this one if:
• You feel like you need some support connecting to your highest self.
• You’ve been feeling over-exposed recently.
• You’d like to start something fresh.

Ingredients:
1 cup peppermint tea
1/4 cup milk of choice
1/2 tbsp honey
1/2 tbsp coconut butter
splash of vanilla

Recipe:
1.) Brew a strong cup of peppermint tea.
2.) Once the tea is ready, add all ingredients to your blender.
3.) Blend until very smooth.
5.) Pour into a mug then continue with your ritual.

Affirmation Ideas:
• Freedom is available to me.
• I am open to what’s next.
• I am safe, I am secure.

A Purple Mugful

You might need this one if:
• You’re looking to connect with those on your spiritual advisory board.
• You want to tap into your third eye.
• You’re struggling to trust your intuition.

Ingredients:
1 cup milk of choice
1 tsp dried lavender
1/4 cup roasted purple sweet potato
splash of vanilla
1 scant tbsp honey

Recipe:
1.) Add the milk and lavender to a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat.
2.) Add the roasted purple sweet potato, vanilla and honey to a blender.
3.) Once the lavender-infused milk is close to boiling, strain it as you pour it into the blender.
4.) Blend everything together until very smooth.
5.) Pour into a mug then continue with your ritual.

Affirmation Ideas:
• I am connected to pure consciousness.
• I trust my intuition.
• My spiritual gifts will become crystal clear when I am ready.
• I claim this moment as a meditation for myself.

A Black Mugful

You might need this one if:
• You are experiencing a process of rebirth or transformation.
• You could use some support shedding and letting go of things that no longer serve you.
• Is great to drink in the dark moon phase right before a new moon. 

Ingredients:
1 cup milk of choice
1/2 tbsp honey
splash of vanilla
1 tsp activated charcoal
1/2 tsp cacao powder

Recipe:
1.) Heat the milk up in a small saucepan.
2.) Once the milk is almost boiling add it and the rest of the ingredients to your blender.
3.) Blend until well combined.
5.) Pour into a mug then continue with your ritual.

Affirmation Ideas:
• I let go of that which no longer serves me.
• I am like the caterpillar and when I am ready I will become the butterfly.
• Transformation, transformation, and more transformation. 

A full version of this article, with additional color magic recipes was first published in our Winter 2022 print issue.