![]() ![]() Using organically farmed cocoa and no palm oil, this place is an ethical treasure trove. Walking into Coco Chocolate's cosy Kirribilli store feels a bit like walking onto the set of Lasse Hallström’s Chocolat, sans Juliette Binoche. It tastes like the hot chocolate version of a salted caramel gelato. Presented practically overflowing in forgivably messy chocolatey goodness, the cocoa is decorated with ribbons of a salty, tangy caramel that mellows once you swirl it through the glass. You can have a base of soy, almond or coconut milk and there are currently three special flavours to choose from: After Dinner Mint, White Delight and - holy of holies - Salted Caramel ($4 for regular, $5.50 for large). Pop into Sadhana, now happily established on Enmore Road, for the yummy salads, excellent smoothies and especially for their hot chocolate menu. Perfect for the cold winter months and a pleasant surprise for those who didn't associate the ubiquitous tea store with hot chocolate. ![]() In fact, after ten sips even your bones will feel warmer. Satisfying without being too filling and slightly bitter in flavour thanks to the rich depth of the black tea, there’s an invigoratingly spicy aftertaste that warms the throat. With an admirably light and frothy texture, it’s served hot enough to encourage a slow savouring - slow enough to last through several book chapters.Ī lovely option for tea lovers who don’t have a raging sweet tooth but want a chocolate fix, T2’s Chilli Chocolate ($5) is an ingenious blend of black tea, sweet cocoa husks and a decent kick of chilli. They use Belgian chocolate flakes and enough coconut to ensure the drink is sweet but never sickening. Let’s put it this way: if you like Bounty bars, you’ll shed nostalgic tears when you drink this essentially Bounty-in-liquid-form hot chocolate. This popular Israeli-inspired eatery on Erskineville Road makes an utterly divine coconut hot chocolate ($4.50). Think frothy milk, gooey swirls of still-melting, impossibly mellow white chocolate and - it gets better - you get to choose a handmade chocolate to have with it.Īdora Handmade Chocolates, Shop P9, Wentworth Connection, 2A Bligh Street Sip away your corporate cares with their white chocolate ($6), which is so good you’ll take one sip and then have to sit quietly for a minute before continuing, so overwhelming is its perfection. Hidden inside Wentworth Connection, this shop-cafe offers a welcome respite from the bustle of the CBD, judging by the number of suit-clad folk contentedly imbibing their hot chocolates, which come in white, milk or dark. Oh wait, they’re healthy too.Įarth to Table, 85 Bronte Road, Bondi Junction Make it less so by accompanying it with one of their raw cheesecakes. It manages to be delicious whilst tasting suspiciously healthy, which upon reflection, it in fact is. The overall flavour is slightly nutty, with a bite that can come only from high-quality cacao. Almond 'mylk' is combined with raw cacao, sweetening coconut nectar and a swirl of bitter chocolate sauce that’s pleasingly reminiscent of Ice Magic (but obviously isn’t Ice Magic). Rustic Pearl, 415 Crown Street, Surry Hillsīondi Junction’s much-frequented raw food cafe boasts a hot chocolate ($4.70) guaranteed to please vegans and carnivores alike. The rosewater version is also well worth a try. Service is rather slow but the tables inside are so close together you're guaranteed to overhear at least one juicy conversation while you wait. Occasionally a tangy splash of citrus appears to liven things up a bit. Served in either a cup ($5) or a bowl ($6), their citrus and orange blossom creation is so deliciously fragrant it feels like you’re gradually perfuming your insides with every sip of the floral-chocolate brew. But we've added in the chocolatey delights of less obvious places to make this list your ultimate winter treasure hunt.īeloved for their addictive savoury gozlemes, Rustic Pearl also make Callebaut hot chocolates worthy of a sonnet. If you’re a true chocaholic you’ll have already visited the major chocolate-themed cafes sprinkled across our fair city. Indulgent and comforting, a steaming cup of cocoa is pretty much the most fun a drink can be without introducing alcohol into the equation. Ever since the Mayans had the bright idea to mix cocoa seeds with cornmeal, water and chilli to make a delicious drink, humankind has enjoyed the mood-enhancing qualities of hot chocolate. ![]()
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