Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, 5 Pack 110g
Take that as read and judge the drink. It sits nearer a hot chocolate than a coffee, cocoa-led and thick, with the roast arriving late and mostly as a bitter edge that keeps the whole thing from cloying. That balance is right for a cold evening and wrong first thing in the morning, when you want the coffee doing the work. Milk is part of the recipe, so it is no use to a dairy-free household or to anyone with a milk allergy. Five sachets to a carton is not many, and that suits it: this is an occasional drink rather than a staple, and buying it as one is what keeps it worth having.
Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, in brief.
Starbucks Chocolate Mocha is the at-home sachet version of the shop drink, five single-serve sachets of twenty-two grams to the carton, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the quickest chocolate coffee on the shelf.
The honest note is that this is a chocolate drink with coffee through it rather than a coffee with chocolate on it, and the sweetness is fixed because the whole drink is already in the packet. Paste the powder with a splash of water first, then top up to 200ml and no further.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Water temperature, the iced build and the milk swap are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
Say plainly what that buys and what it does not. A twenty-two gram sachet is many times the weight of a dose of instant coffee, so most of what is in it is the body of the drink rather than the coffee itself, and the balance sits closer to a chocolate drink with coffee through it than to a black coffee with a chocolate note. If you want a strong mocha, buy espresso and cocoa separately. If you want the shop drink at your desk on a Tuesday afternoon without a machine, a frother or a shopping list, this is exactly it.
Curator notes: the tasting profile reflects our own editorial review against the current pack format and the brand spec sheet, cross-checked with brewing trials at the recommended steep time and water temperature. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes and brewing guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind The Sachet Range
Starbucks began as a Seattle coffee roaster and the at-home range exists because the queue does not. The sachet line is the company selling the shape of its menu rather than its espresso: the flavours people order by name, packed so that a kitchen with nothing but a kettle can produce something recognisable. Chocolate Mocha is the most literal of them, because mocha is the drink that survives the translation best. A latte reduced to powder loses the milk texture that was the point of it; a mocha keeps its identity because chocolate carries.
The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Five sachets, twenty-two grams each: a hundred and ten grams of mix in the carton, and five drinks out of it. One sachet is one mug, and the sachet is the measure, so there is nothing to weigh or judge.
- No equipment: no machine, no pods, no frother, no milk in the fridge. A kettle and a mug is the whole requirement, which is what makes this an office-drawer and hotel-room product as much as a kitchen one.
- A complete mix: the drink is finished in the packet rather than assembled by you. That is the convenience and also the limit, because you cannot make it less sweet.
- What it is not: not espresso, not a barista drink and not a substitute for either. It is a sweet chocolate coffee drink that takes thirty seconds, and it is honest about that.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: about 90°C, so off the boil rather than straight from it.
- Measure: one sachet to 180 to 200ml. Treat the mug size as the variable, not the sachet.
- Method: paste first, then top up. Powder into a full mug of water is how you get lumps.
- Milk: optional and it helps. Swap a third of the water for hot milk of any kind.
- Iced: make it on a third of the water, stir until fully dissolved, then pour over a full glass of ice with cold milk. It works better cold than most sachet drinks do.
- Storage: sealed sachets in a dry cupboard, away from steam. Any powder mix that takes on moisture will clump and will not recover.
- Best with: the middle of the afternoon, a biscuit, or the end of a cold walk.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, 5 Pack 110g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Starbucks
Starbucks needs no introduction. Their at-home retail range covers the cafe-style favourites: Toffee Nut Latte sachets, instant coffee, and the wider iced and hot drink format. Particularly strong on flavoured latte sachets.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
Sachet drinks fail in two specific ways and both are avoidable. The first is water straight off a rolling boil, which can catch a milk-based mix and leave a thin scum on the surface. The second is too much water, which is the commonest fault of all: a mug that holds 350ml will take the sachet and still look full, and the drink will taste of nothing much.
The Standard Mug
The Better Version
Made with this tea
The Standard Mug, Properly Made
How to make The Standard Mug, Properly Made with Starbucks Chocolate Mocha.
- 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha
- 200ml hot water, off the boil
- A spoon that reaches the bottom of the mug
- Empty the whole sachet into the mug, tapping the packet out so nothing is left clinging inside.
- Add two tablespoons of hot water and stir to a completely smooth paste before anything else goes in.
- Top up to 180 to 200ml with water at about 90 degrees Celsius and stir for a full fifteen seconds.
- Stir again halfway down the mug, because chocolate mixes settle.
What you'll end up with: A smooth mocha with no grit in the last inch. The paste step is the whole difference between this and a disappointing mug.
The Milk Build (Closest To The Counter)
How to make The Milk Build (Closest To The Counter) with Starbucks Chocolate Mocha.
- 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha
- 100ml hot water
- 80ml hot milk of any kind
- Grated chocolate to finish
- Paste the sachet with two tablespoons of hot water until smooth.
- Add the rest of the hot water and stir.
- Pour in 80ml of hot milk, frothed if you have the means, poured straight in if you do not.
- Finish with grated chocolate on top.
What you'll end up with: The version that actually tastes like the shop drink. Milk restores the body a powder cannot supply, and it is the single most worthwhile change you can make.
Iced Chocolate Mocha
How to make Iced Chocolate Mocha with Starbucks Chocolate Mocha.
- 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha
- 60ml hot water
- A full glass of ice
- 150ml cold milk of any kind
- Dissolve the sachet fully in 60ml of hot water, stirring until nothing gritty remains at the bottom.
- Cool the concentrate for two minutes so it does not melt the ice on contact.
- Pour over a full glass of ice and top with cold milk.
- Stir from the bottom before drinking.
What you'll end up with: A genuinely good iced mocha from a single sachet. Dissolving it hot first is non-negotiable; cold water leaves half the packet at the bottom.
Mocha Affogato
How to make Mocha Affogato with Starbucks Chocolate Mocha.
- 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha
- 80ml hot water
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Make a deliberately strong mug by dissolving the sachet in only 80ml of hot water.
- Put two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a bowl or a heavy glass.
- Pour the hot concentrate over the ice cream at the table and eat it immediately.
What you'll end up with: A five-minute pudding from a store cupboard. The concentrate has to be strong, because the ice cream dilutes and sweetens it as it melts.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100ml, as published | Per 100ml |
|---|---|
| Energy | 41 kcal |
| Fat | 0.4g |
| of which saturates | 0.3g |
| Carbohydrate | 7.0g |
| of which sugars | 6.2g |
| Fibre | 0.7g |
| Protein | 1.9g |
| Salt | 0.13g |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this product: Skimmed Milk Powder (38.6%), Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder (10.9%), Coffee (6.8%) (Instant Coffee (6.7%), Roast and Ground Coffee), Glucose Syrup, Coconut Oil, Lactose (Milk), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid), Natural Flavouring.
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate character | Printed on the current pack | The lead note and the reason the drink survives being turned into a powder. Sweet and rounded rather than dry and dark. |
| Coffee | Printed on the current pack | The roast-bitter edge underneath the chocolate. A supporting part by design, and what separates this from a hot chocolate. |
| The body of the drink | Printed on the current pack | Whatever gives a twenty-two gram sachet its weight and roundness. Most of the packet is this rather than coffee, which is why the cup drinks fuller than instant. |
| Sweetening | Printed on the current pack | Built in and fixed. There is no unsweetened setting, so a pinch of salt is the only real lever if you want it pulled back. |
Pack: Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, five sachets of twenty-two grams, so a hundred and ten grams in the carton and five drinks from it. Best-before date is printed on the pack.
Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Every cell left open is knowable, but only from the current UK label.
Sourcing & blend. Starbucks Chocolate Mocha is made for the at-home range of Starbucks, the Seattle coffee company whose shop menu this carton is a translation of. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
What's in Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, and what isn't:
- In: a complete single-serve mocha mix, finished in the packet, needing nothing but hot water.
- No equipment: no machine, no pods, no frother and no milk required. A kettle and a mug is the entire kit list.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, 5 Pack 110g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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