I have excellent news! In Australia, the weather is getting cooler as we move into late autumn. In many areas of the country, it's already rather cold - but I live by the beach on the Mid-North Coast of NSW - and we tend to get a very late Autumn, and a very short winter. But - it's cool enough to finally get rid of the shorts and put on the crazy track-pants and football socks. I really rather love these trackies - They're probably close to fifteen years old, and I reckon I would have got them on sale for 5 bucks. (OK, it's not that cold, I'm sitting next to an open back door, but the want to feel the cold is there).
But - back to the excellent news - the opportunity to drink HOT CHOCOLATE! I know I can drink this year round, but it just doesn't have the same feeling as holding that warm chocolately cup of love. I am a chocolate lover - it's just part of my core. I have absolutely no self-control, so I can't keep chocolate in the house. All day then, knowing I had this unopened tub of hot chocolate in the pantry - I'd been looking forward to my after dinner beverage - Yes, it's a dorky routine, but after dinner I have a warm beverage. Usually its tea, but probably 3-4 times a week in the cold, it'll be liquid chocolate gold.
& Yes - you know this is my photography, and you know that I'm at home - there's my big red home cup.
And this one is my poison of choice - the Vittoria Chocochino.
Trust me, it's good.
In the past I had one teaspoon of the chocolate, but found it two weak - so now I go for two loaded teaspoons. It makes the beverage all sorts of rich. It's pretty easy to make, even for someone like me, who isn't particularly handy in the question.
- Put 2 teaspoons of chocolate powder in your big red cup.
- Boil the kettle
- Pour in the water 80% of the way.
- Fill the rest of the cup with milk.
- The best part of your day starts now!
And there's the final product - a delicious chocolate beverage! Looks good, right?
So the only thing left to do is to sit on the couch and blog about how good it is (now that's done) the next step is to watch some television - we just signed up to a new streaming service and there's a few good things we want to watch. Regardless of how bad the TV - I know the night is going to be good - nothing can be bad when the drinks are this good?
Pro Tip: Some people need to add sugar to their hot chocolate to make it deliciously sweet. I would sometimes agree, that you need sugar - but in the case of this product, you really don't need it - the drink is absolutely perfectly balanced (and I'm a sweet tooth).
Until next time, enjoy your cuppa.