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    "excerpt": "A smooth, glossy hot chocolate made the cafe way: mix the powder to a paste first, then add frothed milk. Cream and caramel optional.",
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            "prep": "8 min",
            "serves": "Serves 1",
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            "ingredients": [
                "4 heaped teaspoons of Costa Hot Chocolate Powder (about 25g)",
                "100ml freshly drawn water, brought to a rolling boil then left for 1 minute to drop to about 90C",
                "150ml whole milk",
                "1 generous swirl of squirty cream, for the top",
                "1 teaspoon of caramel sauce, for the drizzle",
                "1 warmed 350ml mug",
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                "1 small balloon whisk",
                "1 small handheld milk frother"
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                "Warm a mug with hot water and tip it out.",
                "Spoon the hot chocolate powder into the mug and add 100ml of hot water (around 90C).",
                "Whisk hard for thirty seconds into a thick, smooth paste; mixing with a little water first is what stops the lumps.",
                "Warm the milk in a small pan until it just steams, then froth it into a thick foam.",
                "Pour the frothed milk into the paste and stir once gently to bring it together.",
                "Top with a swirl of cream and a drizzle of caramel if you like.",
                "Always make the paste first; tip all the milk onto dry powder at once and you get lumps that never quite whisk out."
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