From: The Pink Peppercorn
Gail says; It’s like the perfect drink for delicate palates. Nothing too heavy or
overwhelmingly rich. It’s lovely, and incredibly simple to make to warm
up those rosy noses and cheeks. The hardest part might be sourcing rose
water, which is often available at Middle Eastern specialty shops, but
is often readily available in many chain grocery stores as well….more
from: A good appetite
I’m not a huge fan of white chocolate so I decided to start this cocoa
using my favorite cocoa powder in this, Hershey’s Special Dark, it
almost makes this cocoa black. I infused culinary lavender in hot milk
before adding the milk to the chocolate. It gave off such an amazing
aroma that you could almost call this drink aroma therapy. Now I know
not everyone is a huge fan of lavender in food, Matt is one such
person, but even he thought this cocoa was great. The lavender adds an
extra dimension to the cocoa that is unexpected but fits so well. Matt
says he feels like it made the chocolate taste more chocolatey….more