Hot chocolate ranks high on our list of warm, comforting, and totally satisfying beverages, particularly when you mix in . Perfect for chilly days and holiday nights, the combination of creamy milk and rich chocolate tends to warm up cold bodies and souls with equal intensity. While you may think of it as a modern beverage, actually dates back to the Mayan civilization in Mexico and Central America.
And while you may love your hot chocolate as is, you may enjoy Mexican hot chocolate even more. The nuanced flavors of this sweet treat have become so popular that you can even order a Mexican hot chocolate-inspired beverage from coffee magnate Starbucks. For a medium size, .
Request your barista to add cinnamon powder to the soy milk while it's being steamed. For comparison's sake, Starbucks' regular hot chocolate contains 2% milk and four pumps of mocha sauce, served with or without whipped cream. The resulting beverage should taste sweet and chocolatey with a noticeable kick of cinnamon.
Of course, if it's authenticity you want, you'll have to look outside the coffee house's doors. Other options for Mexican hot chocolate The earliest version of drinking chocolate that came from modern-day Mexico would have been made of ground cacao beans, water, and corn (although, sometimes the corn was omitted). Later, the drink would come to be made with milk, cacao, sugar, and cinnamon.
This heated version would have been developed in the late 16th century, when Spanish explorers brought in.