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Article: 5 Functional Holiday Beverages to Glow Through Winter

5 Functional Holiday Beverages to Glow Through Winter

5 Functional Holiday Beverages to Glow Through Winter

Simple, warming, and made with GRIBB blends for your December rituals

Winter is the season when our bodies ask for softness, warmth, and a deeper relationship with our own energy.
December, especially for us at GRIBB, carries an emotional weight — it’s the month of our first ever harvest, four years ago. The month where everything began in a small room full of sawdust and hope.

This guide brings you 5 functional holiday beverages, all crafted with GRIBB blends, designed to support your rituals, your glow, and your inner steadiness through the colder months.
Each recipe is simple, comforting, and layered with ingredients chosen for functional support, slow energy, grounding, or radiance.

Whether you’re journaling by the window, rushing between festive dinners, or holding space for yourself on harder days — these drinks belong in your winter.

1. The Winter Glow Latte (with Beauty Creamer)

A silky, comforting drink that feels like a warm light switching on inside your chest. Perfect for slow mornings, skincare rituals, or anytime you want a gentle inner radiance.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Beauty Creamer

  • 200–250 ml hot dairy-free milk (we love oat or almond)

  • 1 tsp maple syrup (optional)

  • A pinch of cinnamon

How to prepare

  1. Heat your milk until steaming.

  2. Whisk in the Beauty Creamer until smooth and frothy.

  3. Add cinnamon on top — your tiny winter blessing.

Why it works: Beauty Creamer combines Tremella + Cacao + Vanilla + Dates for hydration-inspired glow and gentle nourishment for winter skin.

2. MushCoffee Festive Vanilla Cappuccino

For the days you want focus without frenzy. MushCoffee gives you smooth energy, half the caffeine, and the quiet, grounded clarity GRIBB is known for.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp MushCoffee

  • 50–100 ml hot water

  • 150 ml foamy milk

  • Vanilla drops or a pinch of vanilla powder

  • Optional: a dusting of cocoa

How to prepare

  1. Dissolve MushCoffee in hot water.

  2. Froth your milk and combine.

  3. Add vanilla + cocoa dust.

  4. Pause. Sip. Feel your nervous system soften instead of spike.

3. OFFCOFFEE Holiday Hot Chocolate (Caffeine-Free)

This is the cozy drink for evenings, late-night studying, or anyone avoiding caffeine during the holiday rush.
OFFCOFFEE tastes like coffee, behaves like calm.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp OFFCOFFEE

  • 250 ml hot oat milk

  • 1 tsp raw cacao

  • A pinch of nutmeg

  • Optional: a tiny swirl of coconut cream

How to prepare

  1. Warm milk and whisk in OFFCOFFEE + cacao.

  2. Add nutmeg.

  3. Top with coconut cream for a holiday, marshmallow-free softness.

4. Morning Sunshine Peppermint Cacao

Think: bright mornings, frosty rooftops, and that first deep breath after opening the window.
This blend is stimulating but gentle, perfect for supporting energy during winter’s shorter days.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Morning Sunshine

  • 200 ml hot plant milk

  • 2–3 drops natural peppermint extract

  • Optional: orange zest on top

How to prepare

  1. Heat the milk and mix in the cacao blend.

  2. Add peppermint.

  3. Finish with orange zest for a holiday aroma.

Ritual tip: Drink this before planning your day — the peppermint clears the mind beautifully.

5. Green Fusion Winter Matcha Latte (with Reishi optional)

A grounding alternative to coffee that still delivers focus, calm, and a quiet inner uplift.
Perfect for December reflection rituals, journaling, and mindful work sessions.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Green Fusion

  • 100 ml hot water

  • 150 ml warm milk

  • Optional: ½ tsp Reishi powder for deep grounding

  • A touch of honey

How to prepare

  1. Whisk Green Fusion in hot water until smooth.

  2. Add milk + honey.

  3. If using Reishi, whisk just before serving.

This is the drink you make when you want your spirit to come back into your body.

How to Use These Drinks in Your December Rituals

Here are gentle ways to weave these beverages into your winter:

✨ Morning grounding

Start your day with MushCoffee, Green Fusion, or Morning Sunshine to create stability and rhythm.

✨ Afternoon nourishment

Beauty Creamer or OFFCOFFEE in the afternoon helps avoid winter crashes and emotional overstimulation.

✨ Evening softening

A warm OFFCOFFEE or Beauty Creamer latte signals to the body that it is safe to wind down.

✨ Weekend rituals

Choose one beverage as your December drink — a small tradition that marks your presence, your pace, your return to yourself.

A Note From Us

December is our birthday month.
Four years ago, GRIBB began in a cold room, with bags of sawdust, a dream, and the belief that nature still had quiet solutions for a noisy world.

Every cup you make with our products is part of that story.
Every ritual, every moment of grounding, every winter glow — we share it with you.

May you drink in what strengthens you, and set down what wears you thin.

Wishing you a warm and glowing winter,
From our family to yours — GRIBB.

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