Basically, ground cacao beans (our cocoa powder is a much more recent invention), ground spices, and boiling water. Or so I've read--I've never done this, being fond of my hot chocolate sweet and made with milk.
I routinely put cinnamon in my hot chocolate (and often one or more of vanilla, salt, and orange extract); I should try a bit of hot pepper sometime.
This may sound like a stupid question but how do you get the cinnamon to not just float on top of the drink? I've been buying tea bags with cinnamon already in... Or do you use cinnamon sticks rather than ground powder?
My procedure (taken off a Droste cocoa box) is to mix the cocoa powder, sugar, and spices together in the mug; add milk, a little at a time, and mix until it makes a paste. Then, when the milk is hot enough, pour it into the mug and mix until the cocoa/sugar/spice paste is dissolved.
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I routinely put cinnamon in my hot chocolate (and often one or more of vanilla, salt, and orange extract); I should try a bit of hot pepper sometime.
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