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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Tom Hunt

‘Rich, indulgent and full of flavour’: the best hot chocolate, tasted and rated

Multiple mugs of hot chocolate arranged on a pink background
A drink to evoke feelings of comfort and nostalgia. Photograph: Robert Billington/The Guardian

A hot cup of cocoa is one of life’s great pleasures, especially for the feeling of sheer comfort and nostalgia it conjures up.

These days, there is drinking chocolate of exceptional quality out there, which just didn’t exist in my childhood. It’s made with some of the finest chocolate in the world: bean-to-bar, single-origin or even single-estate, and often made from grated bean-to-bar chocolate and nothing else.

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