The best coffee in Mexico, and my favorite, is sweet and flavored with orange zest, cinnamon, and brown sugar. What can make it better? Chocolate. This is not a hot chocolate flavored with coffee, I have another recipe for that here. This is a coffee flavored with all these things, including chocolate – the consistency is still that of coffee. Café de olla translates to coffee from the clay pot, which means that all the ingredients are boiled in a pot, as opposed to being prepared as an espresso or filtered coffee.
It is so easy – just place the water, coffee, cinnamon, and sugar in the pot. When it reaches a boil, turn off the heat and add the chocolate. Whisk and sieve into a cup.
Café de Olla with chocolate – Vegan
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup or 250ml 1x
Description
A hot chocolate inspired by the popular Mexican coffee drink, café de olla. An aromatic drink flavored with ceylon cinnamon, orange zest, and dark brown sugar. Vegan.
Tools: pot, whisk, sieve
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup of water (300ml)
- 2 tablespoons of ground coffee, if using instant, use 1 tablespoon only.
- 1/8 teaspoon of fresh orange zest (.5 gram)
- 1/4 cinnamon stick (5 grams)
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar or piloncillo
- 8 grams of luker chocolate 100% or unrefined 100% chocolate
Instructions
- Boil the water, coffee, orange zest, and cinnamon for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and add the sugar and chocolate.
- Whisk until you do not see anymore sugar or chocolate clumps.
- Pour through a sieve into a cup.
- Category: drink
- Method: boil and whisk
Keywords: coffee, cafe de olla, cinnamon, orange zest, drink
