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    "excerpt": "A rich hot chocolate from chocolate chai powder with real dark chocolate melted in for body, topped with marshmallow and cocoa.",
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            "prep": "8 min",
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            "ingredients": [
                "25g Drink Me Chai Chocolate Chai Latte powder (1 standard serving)",
                "250ml whole milk",
                "2 squares of dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa)",
                "1 large marshmallow",
                "Half a teaspoon of dark cocoa powder, for the dust",
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                "Warm a large mug with hot water, then pour it away.",
                "Pour the milk into a small saucepan and drop in the dark chocolate squares while the milk is still cold.",
                "Set over medium-low heat and whisk gently in slow circles for a couple of minutes as the chocolate melts in, so it does not catch on the base.",
                "Warm it until it just steams, around 70C, not boiling; it should be glossy and uniform.",
                "Off the heat, shower in the chai powder and whisk hard for thirty seconds, breaking up any clumps, until a soft foam rises.",
                "Pour through a fine sieve into the warmed mug to catch any lumps.",
                "Drop a marshmallow into the middle and dust the top with cocoa through a sieve.",
                "Tip: melting real chocolate into the milk is what gives the body, so do not rely on the powder alone."
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