WHAT IS MOCHA COFFEE?

Mocha coffee is an espresso based coffee with a strong chocolate flavor, containing 2/5 espresso, 2/5 hot chocolate, and 1/5 steamed milk. Mocha breve is a variant with 1/3 espresso, 1/3 hot chocolate, and 1/3 half & half cream.

Mocha Coffee Recipe

Mocha coffee is actually a type of coffee beans with a natural chocolate flavor. These coffee beans originate in Mocha – Yemen. In order to enhance the chocolate taste, baristas have added a little chocolate to the mocha recipe. If we were to compare latte vs mocha, latte is a very light drink, with little coffee per ounce of milk, whereas mocha is even stronger than cappuccino.

Mocha coffee recipe, as we find it in most coffee shops is a combination of three elements as follows:

2 espresso shots

2 oz hot chocolate

1 oz steamed milk

Optional, a thin frothed milk top layer

Mochaccino is simply a cappuccino with some chocolate syrup, or a few squares of chocolate, added.

Mocha latte is simply latte with chocolate added. If you want to go with your mocha recipe a step further, and add a hint of booze the beverage. You can add Sambuca, Baileys Cream, Cognac, Metaxa, or coffee liqueur. The Italian way to booze your coffee is with Sambuca.