Caffé Mocha
The term “mocha” originally referred to coffee that was grown in the Arabian Peninsula and shipped from the Yemeni port of Mocha.
The history of this word’s use is fairly muddled.
It is likely that most European tasted coffee before chocolate.
Therefore, when chocolate first appeared from Western Hemisphere, they found it reminiscent of, or confused it with, the wild and fruity flavors of Yemeni coffee.
Since then, the word “mocha” has come to mean many things, including the flavor combination of coffee and chocolate, while it s still used to describe coffee from Yemen (or even coffee from Ethiopia that tastes like coffee from Yemen).
Caffé mocha is made by mixing chocolate (either sweetened, ground chocolate or chocolate syrup) with espresso.
Steamed milk is then added to the mixture.
Most recipes specifically suggest that the espresso and chocolate be mixed before the steamed milk is added, in order to preserve the proper consistency and texture of the milk and to ensure that the mocha has a frothy, rich texture.
As with the latte, the quality and taste of the espresso matter a great deal.
Caffé Mocha
The word chocolate is derived from the Aztecs names for the tree, and for the drink they prepared from the beans. These words live on in Mexican today as ‘choclatl’ for the drink and ‘cacauatl’ for the tree. Chocolate was first cultivated as a crop, by ancient Mesoamerican peoples. They used cacao beans to create a frothy chocolate drink flavored with spices.
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