Real chocolate, not powder.
Most hot chocolate starts as a powder: sugar, cocoa and a long list of things that help it dissolve. Ours starts as chocolate. Our rituals are pure grated chocolate, made in Ireland, so they melt into the milk rather than sitting on top, and the cup tastes of the cacao it was made from.
It takes a few minutes longer than a spoonful of powder. That's rather the point.
What you need
- 30 g of Bean and Goose hot chocolate
- 120 g of milk, dairy or oat
- A small saucepan
- A stick blender or milk frother
How to make it
- Measure. Add 30 g of hot chocolate to 120 g of milk in a small pan.
- Heat gently. Warm over a low heat, stirring now and then, until it is just below the boil. Don't let it bubble: chocolate is happiest when it isn't rushed.
- Blend. Take it off the heat and blend with a stick blender for a few seconds, for a smooth, frothy finish.
Pour into your favourite cup, sit down, and drink it while it's warm.
Prefer less faff? A hot chocolate maker gives a perfectly consistent result every time. Our Maker's Ritual pairs a Dualit Hot Chocolate Maker with our rituals.
Make it your own
- Thicker and richer: add a little more chocolate, a few grams at a time, until it's just how you like it.
- Plant-based: our dark hot chocolates are vegan, so make them with oat milk for a fully plant-based cup.
- For the evening: add a splash of Baileys Irish Cream and a spoonful of cream.
- For a crowd: keep the same ratio, 1 part chocolate to 4 parts milk, and use a bigger pan.
A ritual for every part of the day
We make six hot chocolates, each with its own moment: Daybreak for the morning, Deep Thought for the afternoon, Twilight to wind down, Nightfall for bedtime, Fireside for winter evenings and Classic for any time at all.
Our dark hot chocolates are made with Nica Brown 65%, a single cacao variety from XOCO in Nicaragua, grown by farmers you can trace batch by batch. Nightfall, our milk hot chocolate, is made with Original Beans 40% milk chocolate from Ecuador.
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