This is an old tin of Van Houten's that we bought in Amsterdam last time we were there. It still tastes great. This is just chocolate powder. No sugar. No milk. No other ingredients. This is Dutch chocolate. Van Houten invented a process for removing the bitterness from chocolate, but retaining the flavour, by adding an alkaline salt to the cocoa mass - it's called the Dutch process. His father had developed a press that removed a large amount of cocoa butter, producing a cake of cocoa solids that could be broken up into powder. This forms the basis of all today's chocolate making, either for chocolate bars or for drinking.
This is proper drinking chocolate, though can also be used for baking. That's why it's just called cocoa. It's very flexible.
It's a mild chocolate drink with a lot of character. There's no sugar or other ingredients, so it can be a little bitter on its own for some tastes. We like to add a spoon of sugar per mug.
Good stuff.
Date: Feb 2021 Score: 7 1/2
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