Creamy and Cold Cocoa Drink Recipe
Serving: 4 portions
Ingredients
- 6 cups of hot water divided
- 4 cups whole milk
- 3 star anise
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- 6 cloves
- A pinch of freshly-grated nutmeg
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar (white, granulated) white, granulated, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence extract
- 2 cups of crushed ice cubes
Instructions
Step 1: Boil milk and spices
- In a saucepan, combine half the hot water, milk, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg and simmer over low flame until the liquid has reduced by half. Be careful it does not over-boil.Once reduced, sieve and discard solids.
Step 2: Dissolve cocoa powder
- In the meantime, dissolve the cocoa powder in the remaining hot water. Add sugar to taste to the hot cocoa mixture.
Step 3: Cool liquids
- Let the hot milk mixture and cocoa powder mixture cool to room temperature.Add vanilla extract to the milk.
Step 4: Combine and serve
- Once everything has cooled, pour the same amount of the cocoa water into each of the four short glasses.Add ice to the glasses and pour equal amounts of milk into each.
Nutrition
Calories: 138kcal
