Drink of the Week: Mocha
Posted by
Brittney Murray
Monday, March 21, 2011
1:03 PM
A café mocha is very simply a café latte with chocolate syrup added to it. There are variations of the drink and many coffeehouses have their own recipes that work for them. The recipe that I am most familiar with is one shot of chocolate per shot of espresso, and then add steamed whole milk. Obviously, you can change it up to your liking because nothing is set in stone when you’re making something for yourself. Many mochas are topped with a thin layer of froth, or sometimes whip cream that’s been decorated with either cocoa powder or syrup. One of the variations of the drink that I mentioned is using cocoa powder instead of chocolate syrup. I haven’t tried this method myself so I cannot testify to the taste of the drink.
Mocha is also a type of coffee bean that can be found in the port city of Mocha, Yemen as well as in Ethiopia. Some actually believe that Marco Polo encountered this style of bean during his travels after he was forced ashore to resupply. If you make it a habit of checking out local coffeehouses while you’re traveling and you happen to visit a more exotic one, I wouldn’t get angry at your wonderful barista if they ask if you would like a café mocha or a mocha coffee, which is the drip coffee made from mocha beans. Remember, café mocha equals yummy chocolate goodness, and mocha coffee is the incredible, Arabica coffee hailing from Yemen.
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