I've never been a coffee drinker. Unless by coffee you mean coffee flavored milk with tons of sugar in it. My partner? He can drink the most awful, bitterest brew straight black. YICK! Well, that being said, he also loooooves sweet, creamy mochas. Mochas combine the best of all worlds in my opinion: coffee AND chocolate with cream and sweetness! Coffee and chocolate? Yes, please. The other best part about a mocha is that the chocolate and the milk and the sugar will make even the worst coffee taste magical and delicious!
After our recent 1,800 mile road trip moving from the west coast to the South with a dog, a cat, two cars, and a trailer....I now love mochas (and caffeine)! What a nice treat. Our new small southern town, while awesome in many ways, is devoid of things commonplace on the west coast--like fancy coffee shops that make fancy coffee concoctions like mochas, etc. with non-dairy milk options. So this is my solution. Okay, I know they aren't that fancy looking without whip cream or the froth on top, spiraled into heart shapes or cat faces or whatever. But in that blue-collar, middle-America kind of way these simple mochas get the job done, son! I think they taste just like the mochas I've had from coffee shops and they hit the spot. Other recipes will just tell you to mix vanilla soy milk with some cocoa powder and wham-bam-thank-ya-mam you got a mocha. Nope, sorry. The small amount of extra work to make this rich chocolate milk with real vanilla extract and good cocoa is worth it. --Enjoy!
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***Makes two perfect mochas!***
Step 1: Make 1 cup (i.e. one mug full) of coffee.
Do this however you like to make coffee. The coffee is going to be split between two mugs, so each mug will be half coffee, half rich chocolatey milk goodness (recipe below). Our french press broke so now we use a tea strainer that fits in a mug and put the pre-ground coffee in it (~2 tbsp). Pour the hot water into the mug and let it steep for about 1-2 minutes.
Step 2: Make Rich Chocolate Milk
Ingredients:
1 cup soy milk (or milk of your pref, make sure it's creamy/velvety)
1/2 cup water (for richer taste, use all soy milk)
1/4 cup dutch cocoa pwd
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp raw cane sugar crystals
pinch of sea salt
1 Whisk
Directions:
-In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add water, soy milk, vanilla, and pinch of sea salt, and sugar. Whisk together as mixture heats up and sugar is dissolved.
-Slowly add the cocoa powder as you are whisking. You may need to tilt the pot and whisk vigorously to incorporate the powder if, like me, you are too lazy to waste time sifting.
Step 3: Mix it all together and enjoy!
After our recent 1,800 mile road trip moving from the west coast to the South with a dog, a cat, two cars, and a trailer....I now love mochas (and caffeine)! What a nice treat. Our new small southern town, while awesome in many ways, is devoid of things commonplace on the west coast--like fancy coffee shops that make fancy coffee concoctions like mochas, etc. with non-dairy milk options. So this is my solution. Okay, I know they aren't that fancy looking without whip cream or the froth on top, spiraled into heart shapes or cat faces or whatever. But in that blue-collar, middle-America kind of way these simple mochas get the job done, son! I think they taste just like the mochas I've had from coffee shops and they hit the spot. Other recipes will just tell you to mix vanilla soy milk with some cocoa powder and wham-bam-thank-ya-mam you got a mocha. Nope, sorry. The small amount of extra work to make this rich chocolate milk with real vanilla extract and good cocoa is worth it. --Enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
***Makes two perfect mochas!***
Step 1: Make 1 cup (i.e. one mug full) of coffee.
Do this however you like to make coffee. The coffee is going to be split between two mugs, so each mug will be half coffee, half rich chocolatey milk goodness (recipe below). Our french press broke so now we use a tea strainer that fits in a mug and put the pre-ground coffee in it (~2 tbsp). Pour the hot water into the mug and let it steep for about 1-2 minutes.
Step 2: Make Rich Chocolate Milk
Ingredients:
1 cup soy milk (or milk of your pref, make sure it's creamy/velvety)
1/2 cup water (for richer taste, use all soy milk)
1/4 cup dutch cocoa pwd
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp raw cane sugar crystals
pinch of sea salt
1 Whisk
Directions:
-In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add water, soy milk, vanilla, and pinch of sea salt, and sugar. Whisk together as mixture heats up and sugar is dissolved.
-Slowly add the cocoa powder as you are whisking. You may need to tilt the pot and whisk vigorously to incorporate the powder if, like me, you are too lazy to waste time sifting.
Step 3: Mix it all together and enjoy!
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