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                                                                                    DECEMBER. 2020 | VOL. 12
                     Mad About Mocha






       Paul Eagles, founder of Kokoa                                Kokoa Collection portion tablets:


       Collection Hot Chocolate.
                                                                    White chocolate from Ivory Coast
                                                                        58% cocoa from Venezuela
       Mocha has always been my favourite drink. My                     70% from Ecuador
       career spanned 10 years in coffee, with                          70% from Peru
       Esquires Coffee Houses followed by the last 10                   75% from Haiti and
       in hot chocolate with Kokoa Collection. So, I                    82% from Madagascar.
       have literally become the perfect embodiment                     100% from West Africa

       of a mocha myself!!
                                                                    Kokoa Collection Flakes

       At Kokoa Collection we source all our
       chocolates from single origins to make hot                   58% Sao Tome
       chocolates full of character.                                70% Dominican Republic

                                                                    Kokoa Collection Powder
       I love the combinations that baristas create

       when pairing with coffee for a great tasting                 32% Fairtrade / Organic various origins
       mocha. I don’t think there is a set formula for a
       perfect mocha, we focus on a hot chocolate
       with a shot of espresso but likewise a coffee
       roaster might say it’s a coffee with some extra           Seven Districts Roaster, Lincoln
       chocolate. Either way it is surprisingly high up          Michael paired their “Blind Byard”

       the rankings for most popular drinks purchased            Colombian single origin coffee and Kokoa
       in café surveys.
                                                                 Collection Ecuador 70% dark chocolate.
                                                                 It’s a beautiful coffee with incredible
       People who drink mocha realise it actually has            complexity. Full bodied with “cherry,
       its own personality, it’s not just a coffee               orange and nutmeg and a smooth milk
       substitution. But one things for sure, people             chocolate body” to tie it all together. The
       who enjoy mocha are a little more playful, have           Ecuador 70% is classic and balanced with

       a sweet tooth, like to mix it up!
                                                                 floral notes that compliment the
                                                                 espresso.
       I’ve collected a few recipes from our stockists
       who use any of the seven of our Kokoa                     To find out more about Seven
       Collection single origin hot chocolates tablets or        DIstricts Roaster visit:

       the two flakes - the differing terrain, varieties of      https://sevendistrictscoffee.com/
       cocoa plants, sweetness and cocoa percentages
       each bring their own flavour characteristics into
       play.
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