Cocoa (drinks): producers. Drinks from cocoa powder: recipes

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In winter, you want to improve your mood and restore strength. An excellent dish for this are cocoa (drinks). It is enough to drink one cup of it, and you will cheer up, cheer up. Chocolate and cocoa are very useful in physical or mental active work, they are also called excellent antidepressants. This drink in the morning will energize and invigorate, and in the evening it will relieve fatigue and stress. That is, for those who cannot drink coffee, decaffeinated cocoa will be a worthy replacement.

How to make classic brown gold

In order to prepare such a drink, we need "chocolate gold", water or milk, and sugar. Cocoa is mixed with the latter and diluted with hot milk (a small amount) or water. Then the liquid that remains must be brought to a boil, diluted "chocolate gold" should be added there and brought back to boiling,while stirring. You can add liquor or rum, condensed milk, nutmeg, vanilla or cinnamon to the finished drink.

Cocoa (drinks) is best drunk from large cups with thick walls, which will not allow it to cool completely and fully allow you to feel the aroma and taste of the drink. Serve it preferably with cookies, apple strudel or sponge cake. Previously, in Soviet times, we only knew a couple of varieties of cocoa, one of which is the “Golden Label”.

Modern producers of delicious powder

Now in Russia you can buy many types of "chocolate gold" in stores. Especially in Moscow. We will give a few examples, but some of them are ersatz. For example, "Hot Chocolate", "Tamba Black Soybean", a very good Mexican powder, Ukrainian cocoa "Brumi", "Van", "MACCHOCOLATE" is sold in Moscow. There is also a well-known “Golden Label” on sale. All powders - without any additives, are real "chocolate gold", there are only some ready-made ersatz portions, in which you just need to add boiling water and you can drink.

They taste good, but they are most often not pure cocoa. Previously, there were a lot of ersatz on sale, which did not have a very good taste. Now producers are already trying to produce better cocoa (drinks), because there is competition, and consumers will simply stop buying. Instead of profit, producers will suffer damage.

Why is this drink souseful

This drink has a good effect on the production of endorphin for the body, the hormone of happiness, as it is called. Chocolate is good to drink for people with hypertension. After all, it contains polyphenols that can reduce blood viscosity, stabilize blood pressure, reduce the risk of vascular and heart diseases, and also help fight depression and stress. Cocoa (drinks) contain theobromine, which has good diuretic properties. It has very little, almost no caffeine, but a lot of copper, iron, magnesium and calcium.

For an afternoon snack, it is recommended to drink it with honey and dried fruits. The composition of "chocolate gold" contains the pigment melanin, it absorbs heat rays, protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation, so that there are no sunburns and infrared rays. But you need to remember this moment: 100 grams of the drink have as many as 400 calories. For this reason, those who watch their weight should beware of drinking this drink.

Chocolate gold recipes

Now we will tell you what are the drinks made from cocoa powder. Prepare, for example, with condensed milk and chocolate. We will need the following ingredients: two tablespoons of cocoa powder, 500 ml of milk, condensed milk to taste, 20 grams of dark chocolate, cinnamon or chocolate chips for decoration. Preparation: heat the milk, then add the cocoa and chestnut pieces. To avoid lumps, mix with a whisk. The next step is to bring it to a boil and remove from heat. Now addand stir the condensed milk.

It remains to pour into cups and decorate to taste: cinnamon or chocolate chips. Let's make cocoa with milk. It consists of 20 grams of powder, 400 ml of milk, 20 grams of sugar, optionally - nutmeg, vanilla or cinnamon. The recipe is very similar to the first one. Soluble cocoa (drinks) are common for children to consume. They like them very much. Formulated with vanillin, s alt, sugar, chocolate gold powder, fortifiers, folate, pantothenic acid, biotin, niacin, vitamins B12, B6, B2, B1, C and E.

Cocoa drinks, experimental recipes

In each of the recipes, grated natural cocoa is implied, but you can replace it with regular powder. We make Frappuccino. To do this, you need the following products: grated cocoa - two teaspoons, double espresso - 20 grams, 10% cream - 350 ml, sugar to taste. Heat the cream, but do not bring to a boil. Add cocoa and coffee to them, then sugar. Bring to a boil, and the last thing - pour into cups.

Now "chocolate gold" with ice cream. For this we need: sugar - 20 grams, grated cocoa - one teaspoon, milk - 100 grams, cream ice cream - 50 grams.

Preparation is very simple: put ice cream in a glass and add cooled cocoa. Everyone, drink through a straw.

Cooking "brown gold" with egg. Ingredients: sugar - 25 grams, water - 30 grams, cocoa mass - one teaspoonspoon, milk - 150 grams, half the yolk. Beat the yolk with sugar, then add the prepared cocoa drink and heat, stirring.

Why drink cocoa, its history

Cocoa (drinks) got its cultivation in Mexico. Its inhabitants, who were the Aztecs, used it like this: they first added very spicy spices to the fruits that they rubbed, in some cases honey, and made a fragrant drink, which had the name “chocolatl”. It is not known whether this is true or not, but the Inca emperor Montezuma drank up to 50 bowls of this drink every day and was unusually vigorous, had a lot of energy and strength.

It was so valued by the Aztecs that for a long time cocoa fruits were monetary units. For example, for 500 seeds of "brown gold" it was possible, a little or a lot, to buy a slave. The conquistadors from Spain, who conquered Mexico in the 16th century, brought the fruits of "chocolate gold" to their king and told how the Aztecs used it. For a long time it was the privilege of kings. But after 150 years, cocoa became fashionable throughout Europe. It is popular even now, only the name has changed.

Cocoa powder recipes

Very often cocoa powder is used to prepare our drink, but it can be different. In stores, it is most often in the form of packs, it is popular for use at home, as it dissolves easily. In some establishments, you can try it from natural cocoa powder. This powder is of very high quality.a lot of butter, much more than regular cocoa, which you can buy in a regular store. In its natural form, the powder is insoluble and must be boiled.

It differs very simply: if you rub it between your fingers, it stays on them, does not crumble like dust. Most people prefer to make simple drinks with cocoa powder. The recipe is next. The following ingredients are needed: sugar - two teaspoons, "brown gold" - one teaspoon, boiling water - half a glass, milk - 11 milliliters. Pour cocoa and sugar into a cup, brew half the container with boiling water, stir, add milk, most often raw. You can boil milk with cocoa.