Make Cocoa Yourself: The Best Tips and Tricks

Make cocoa yourself: Less is more

You can recognize high-quality cocoa by the following ingredients – that’s all you need to make delicious drinking chocolate:

• Half a liter of milk
• 125 grams chocolate (milk or dark)
• 100 grams of whipped cream
• Half a vanilla bean

Preparation: How to make hot chocolate yourself

The preparation of cocoa is very easy and quick. We show you how it works.

1. Slowly melt the chocolate in a water bath.
2. Bring the milk and cream to a boil with 50 milliliters of water in a second saucepan.
3. Add the melted chocolate along with the vanilla bean and bring to the boil again, stirring constantly.
4. Now pour the finished cocoa into a cup and let it cool down a bit before serving.