How to make hot chocolate in a coffee machine

A favorite delicacy of children and adults, chocolate is famous not only for its taste, beneficial qualities for the body and attractiveness in any form. Solid bar and liquid chocolate give equal pleasure with their special taste.

Experts say that initially the drink was served only hot. The tiled version appeared later. And although it has gained great popularity today, hot chocolate also remains a favorite treat for many people.

A coffee machine can help you please yourself and your loved ones with a cup of delicious drink at any time.

Preparation in a coffee machine

Preparing a thick hot drink, which is eaten with a spoon, or a more liquid drink, is possible in a coffee machine that has a special function for this.

If you are just planning to purchase a coffee machine, give preference to those models that will not only brew coffee, but also prepare a hot drink. All you need to do is refuel the unit. The device is able to independently mix the ingredients into a thick and homogeneous mass.

Carefully read the instructions, which will tell you what actions you need to perform with your coffee machine to get the desired result.

In addition to a suitable unit, you will need the following products:

• Milk

When preparing the drink, you can use different milks.It can be whole, preferably not low-fat. Professional baristas also recommend adding cream.

Reference! Cream increases the fat content and makes the taste creamy.

A good result will be obtained by using dry milk powder, which is diluted with water during the preparation process.

• Powder

Dry chocolate is white or dark chocolate powder ready for dilution with milk. Manufacturers offer special mixtures that have a balanced composition of cocoa butter and cocoa beans.

• Capsules

Modern capsule coffee machines are refilled with special capsules that contain dry chocolate. Ease of use has made these devices extremely popular.

• In tiles

If you don’t have dry chocolate, and your coffee machine doesn’t allow for the use of capsules, you can prepare the drink in the traditional way that you used before, making your own chocolate chips. In this case, the chocolate bar is crushed into small pieces or grated.

Important! A delicious hot drink requires quality ingredients!

Cooking technology

The general procedure for preparing the drink is quite simple. Let's look at how to make chocolate in a regular (not capsule) coffee machine.

• A special milk jug (pinscher), glass or glass is filled with milk. The whole one is simply poured into a container, the dry one is poured in and thoroughly diluted with water until uniform. Now it needs to be warmed up.
• Dry chocolate is poured into a bowl with warm milk. Many baristas find the use of packaged packaging more convenient: the package contains the norm for 1 serving. If you have a large package on hand, pour the required amount of powder into the pinscher with a spoon.Do the same with crushed or grated tiles. Mix the milk with the added chocolate thoroughly.
• Using the steam from the coffee machine, heat the mixture, almost bringing it to a boil. If your coffee machine does not have a cappuccino maker, you need to constantly stir it while heating the mixture! But you shouldn’t boil an almost finished drink!
• If desired, let the mixture thicken.

Attention! The thickness depends on the heating time. If you want drinkable chocolate, finish heating early. A thick drink will be obtained with longer heating.

• Ready! When using a glass, you can serve it immediately. And if you used a pinscher, you must first pour the chocolate into a cup.

A capsule coffee machine will do almost everything for you. You only need to fill it with special capsules that contain all the necessary ingredients.

How to use the cappuccino maker

A special whipping device - a cappuccino maker - will save you from the need to mix and beat chocolate while preparing it. And the cappuccino maker will also warm up the mixture on its own, reducing human intervention to a minimum.

Having a machine with a cappuccino maker, you only need to fill the pincher with the necessary ingredients and press the button. The machine will do the rest on its own.

Recommendations and recipes

This drink will decorate any feast, everyday or festive. Especially if you use the recommendations of professionals.

Follow the norm of products for preparing the drink according to traditional recipes.

• In Italian

Milk (80 ml), dry chocolate (25 g) are mixed. If desired, you can add sugar (1 tsp) and ground cinnamon. Then a thick drink is prepared.The decoration is cream whipped into foam or a scoop of ice cream.

• French

The French prefer drinking chocolate, which is made from 150 ml of milk and 25 g of powder. As soon as it begins to thicken and the whitish foam on its surface disappears, the delicious drink is ready!

• Cinnamon

Hot chocolate with hints of cinnamon can be either thick or thin. 1/2 crushed cinnamon sticks or 1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder is poured into warm milk before adding chocolate. If using a cinnamon stick, be sure to strain the milk before adding the chocolate. Continue with one of the basic recipes.

The drink is served only hot, immediately after preparation! Do not prepare it in advance so that it does not have time to cool!

For decoration, in addition to ice cream and whipped cream, you can use coconut flakes, fruits and dried fruits, lemon or orange zest. And adding some syrup will give it a special flavor note.

Monitor your coffee machine carefully. Immediately after use, wipe the steam wand and cappuccino maker without allowing any remaining product to dry out. Cleaning the coffee machine will be much more difficult after a while.

Prepare a hot drink, it will be good for the heart, pleasure for the soul, joy for loved ones!