# Starbucks Chocolate Mocha, 5 Pack 110g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £2.40 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/starbucks-chocolate-mocha-5-pack-110g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/starbucks-chocolate-mocha-5-pack-110g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Starbucks **Price:** £2.40 GBP **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **GTIN:** 8445291703131 **Stock:** instock ## Summary 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.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. 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. ## Description Starbucks Chocolate Mocha is the at-home sachet version of the drink the shops build with espresso, steamed milk and chocolate. Five sachets to the carton at twenty-two grams each, which is a hundred and ten grams in the box, and each one is a whole drink in a single packet rather than a coffee you then have to construct. Hot water, a spoon, thirty seconds. 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. The Taste Profile Chocolate: ●●●●○ (4/5) The lead. Sweet, rounded milk-chocolate character rather than the dry bitterness of a dark cocoa, and it is the note that arrives first and stays longest. Coffee: ●●○○○ (3/5) Present and identifiable, running underneath the chocolate as a roast-bitter edge that stops the cup reading as hot chocolate. It is a supporting part, deliberately. Sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) Built in and not adjustable. This is a sweet drink by design, in the way the shop version is, and there is no unsweetened setting. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Rounder and heavier than instant coffee, lighter than a drink made with real steamed milk. Water quantity is the lever that moves it most. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk 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. How Does Starbucks Chocolate Mocha Compare to: Starbucks White Mocha, 5 Sachets 120g: the same carton size from the same range, built on white chocolate instead of dark. Sweeter again, creamier in character and with even less coffee showing through. Pick White Mocha if the roast edge in this one is the part you would rather not taste. Costa Millionaires Mocha, 6 Sachets 138g: six sachets rather than five and a caramel-and-chocolate build rather than a straight chocolate one. A busier drink with more going on in it, and the better choice if you want the sachet to feel like a dessert rather than a coffee. Starbucks Vanilla Latte, 5 Sachets 107.5g: the same format without any chocolate in it, so the coffee has nowhere to hide and reads noticeably stronger in the cup. The right box if you like the convenience of the sachet but want the drink to taste of coffee first. Ideal Brewing Conditions 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 Measure: one sachet, and empty the whole thing. Powder left clinging inside the packet is the difference between a rounded drink and a watery one. Water: boil the kettle, then wait thirty seconds. Around 90 degrees Celsius dissolves everything without scalding the mix. Volume: 180 to 200ml, no more. Add a splash at first, stir to a smooth paste, then top up. Stir: properly, for fifteen seconds, and again halfway down the mug. Chocolate mixes settle and the last inch goes gritty if you do not. The Better Version Paste first: two tablespoons of hot water onto the powder, stirred to a smooth paste with no lumps at all, before anything else goes in. Top with milk: 100ml of hot water into the paste, then 80ml of hot milk of any kind. This is the single change that moves the drink closest to the counter version. Sharpen it: a pinch of salt or a few grains of instant coffee stirred in will pull the sweetness back if you find it too much. Finish: grated chocolate or a dusting of cocoa on top. The drink is sweet enough that nothing else needs adding. 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. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: this is a coffee drink and it contains caffeine. On the pack size: the carton holds five sachets of twenty-two grams, so a hundred and ten grams in total. Some listings show only the single-sachet weight, which makes the box look five times smaller than it is. Keep the carton out of reach. ## Product Questions What exactly is in the Starbucks Chocolate Mocha carton?Five single-serve sachets at twenty-two grams each, so a hundred and ten grams of mix in the box and five drinks out of it. Each sachet is a whole drink rather than a coffee you then build, so there is nothing to add but hot water. Does it taste like the drink from the shop?It is recognisably the same idea rather than the same drink. The chocolate carries across almost completely; what is missing is the texture that real steamed milk gives the counter version. Swapping a third of the water for hot milk closes most of that gap. How much coffee is actually in it?Less than people expect, which is the honest answer. A twenty-two gram sachet is many times the weight of a dose of instant coffee, so most of the packet is the body of the drink. The coffee shows as a roast-bitter edge under the chocolate rather than as the lead note. The caffeine figure is printed on the current pack. What water temperature should I use?Boil the kettle and then wait about thirty seconds, which puts you near 90 degrees Celsius. Water at a rolling boil can catch a milk-based mix and leave a thin scum on the surface. It dissolves perfectly well at the lower temperature. How much water per sachet?180 to 200ml and no more. This is the mistake that ruins sachet drinks: a large mug will happily take one sachet and 350ml of water and the result tastes of very little. Treat the mug as the variable and the sachet as fixed. How do I stop it going lumpy?Paste it. Put the powder in the mug, add two tablespoons of hot water, and stir to a smooth paste with no lumps before you top it up. Powder tipped into a full mug of water will clump every time, and chocolate mixes settle, so stir again halfway down. Can I make it iced?Yes, and it works better cold than most sachet drinks. Dissolve the sachet completely in about 60ml of hot water, stir until there is nothing gritty left, then pour over a tall glass of ice and top with cold milk. Dissolving it hot first is the step that matters. Why do some listings show this as 22g?Because twenty-two grams is the weight of one sachet, not the carton. The box is five sachets, so a hundred and ten grams in total. It is a common listing error on multi-sachet cartons and it makes the pack look five times smaller than it is. How should I store it?Sealed sachets, dry cupboard, away from the kettle and the hob. Any powder mix that takes on moisture will clump and will not come back from it. Unopened sachets keep to the date printed on the pack. Can I make it less sweet?Not really, because the sweetness is in the packet rather than added by you, which is the trade you make for the convenience. What does help is a pinch of salt or a few grains of instant coffee stirred in, both of which pull the sugar back without watering the drink down. Who is this carton actually for?Anyone who wants a chocolate coffee drink with no machine, no pods and no milk in the fridge. It lives well in an office drawer, a hotel room or a caravan. It is not a replacement for espresso and does not pretend to be. ## Ingredients & Nutrition 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.Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy41 kcalFat0.4gof which saturates0.3gCarbohydrate7.0gof which sugars6.2gFibre0.7gProtein1.9gSalt0.13gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsChocolate characterPrinted on the current packThe lead note and the reason the drink survives being turned into a powder. Sweet and rounded rather than dry and dark.CoffeePrinted on the current packThe roast-bitter edge underneath the chocolate. A supporting part by design, and what separates this from a hot chocolate.The body of the drinkPrinted on the current packWhatever 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.SweeteningPrinted on the current packBuilt 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. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Starbucks Chocolate Mocha is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic, and with a powder drink it arrives the instant the water hits rather than building over a steep. Chocolate is the most volatile thing in the sachet and it reaches the nose before the mug is full, which is why this drink smells finished long before it is stirred. That front-loading is also why a mocha left to go cold smells of almost nothing: the aromatics have already gone into the room.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and here the chocolate and the sweetening carry the weight together while the coffee runs underneath as a bitter edge. The order matters. Sugar is detected fastest, chocolate a moment later, roast bitterness last, which is why the drink reads sweet first and coffee second no matter how much coffee is in the packet. Water volume is the lever that moves this stretch furthest: the same sachet in 180ml is a mocha, and in 350ml it is a chocolate-flavoured cup of hot water.The base structure is the lingering finish, and in a mocha it is the roast bitterness rather than the chocolate that stays. That is the whole trick of the drink. Sweetness fades quickly, cocoa solids fade next, and the coffee is what is still on the palate a minute later, which is what stops a well-made mocha from tasting like a hot chocolate with pretensions.Getting it right in the cup. Use one sachet to 180 to 200ml of water at about 90 degrees Celsius, and make a paste with the first two tablespoons before topping up. Under-dissolving is the commonest fault with any powder drink, because undissolved mix settles and the last inch of the mug goes gritty and over-sweet. Stir for a full fifteen seconds and again halfway down. Swapping the last 80ml of water for hot milk changes the drink more than any other single adjustment, because it restores the body that a powder cannot supply on its own. Stored sealed and dry the sachets hold their character to the printed date; stored near a kettle they clump, and a clumped sachet never fully recovers.How water and temperature change it. The same sachet gives a measurably different drink depending on how you treat the water. Water at a rolling boil can catch a milk-based mix and leave a thin scum on the surface and a slightly scorched edge on the chocolate, while water below about 80 degrees will not fully dissolve the sweetening, and undissolved sugar reads as grit rather than as sweetness. Hard tap water flattens cocoa noticeably and pushes the drink towards chalky; soft water lets the chocolate read rounder. Volume matters more than temperature in every case, so if the drink is disappointing the first thing to change is the size of the mug, not the kettle. ## Recipe Ideas Starbucks Chocolate Mocha is a finished drink in a packet, which makes it a better starting point for other builds than most sachets. Recipes, born here first The Standard Mug, Properly Made How to make The Standard Mug, Properly Made with Starbucks Chocolate Mocha. 2 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha 200ml hot water, off the boil A spoon that reaches the bottom of the mug Method 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. 4 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha 100ml hot water 80ml hot milk of any kind Grated chocolate to finish Method 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. 5 min 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha 60ml hot water A full glass of ice 150ml cold milk of any kind Method 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. 3 min 1 bowl Easy You'll need 1 sachet Starbucks Chocolate Mocha 80ml hot water 2 scoops vanilla ice cream Method 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. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._