Hot chocolate
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Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, and heated milk or water. It usually contains a sweetener, suc
A cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows
Silver chocolate pot, France, 1779. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Chocolate cup, Chantilly porcelain, 18th century
Trembleuse or Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé by Sèvres c. 1776 designed for drinking hot chocolate
Cocoa powder
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Cocoa powder, often simply cocoa, is an aromatic powder derived from the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree. It is produced by roasting and grinding the seeds, referred to as cocoa beans, and then remo
Hot chocolate
…Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, and heated milk or water. It usually contains a sweetener, such as sugar, and is often garnished with whipped cream or marshmallows. Hot chocolate…
Press cake after extraction of cocoa butter
Dutch process cocoa (left) compared to Broma process, or "natural", cocoa (right)