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Breakfast Sludge

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8 ingredients Cuisine: Page updated October 2026

Breakfast sludge is a single-mug drink that stirs coffee, chai, hot chocolate and granola together in one go. It first appeared on Imgur and Reddit in 2011, and this version is adapted from that original. The idea is to get your caffeine, your spice, your sweetness and something chewy from the granola in one sitting. It looks unappealing, and the contributor suggests drinking it without looking, but it tastes good.

Instructions

Put a kettle or pot of water on to boil.

Break the granola bar into a mug and crush it until the pieces are about the size of rolled oats. If you are using loose oatmeal or granola instead, put that in the mug.

Add the instant coffee, the chai (the contents of the teabag or the chai powder), the sugar and the hot chocolate powder to the mug.

Add cinnamon to taste, starting with the pinch listed and adjusting from there.

Pour in enough boiling water to fill the mug. Stir hard until everything is dissolved and evenly mixed and the drink has turned a dark brown.

Add milk to taste and give it a final stir. Most of the quantities can be changed to suit your own taste.

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