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    "excerpt": "A cold take on hot chocolate: a smooth chocolate paste over ice with cold milk, topped with cream, chocolate sauce and crunchy cocoa nibs.",
    "content_text": "When it is too warm for a hot chocolate, this turns the same powder into a cold one. The key is to mix the powder into a smooth paste with a little hot water first, then cool it before it goes over ice, so it does not clump or water down.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Iced Hot Chocolate recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced-tea/iced-hot-chocolate/Build it over ice with cold milk, then go as far as you like with cream, chocolate sauce and a scatter of cocoa nibs. Makes one tall glass.",
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            "prep": "8 min",
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            "ingredients": [
                "4 heaped teaspoons of Costa Hot Chocolate Powder (about 25g)",
                "80ml freshly drawn water, brought to a rolling boil then left for 1 minute to drop to about 90C",
                "200ml cold whole milk",
                "1 generous swirl of squirty cream, for the top",
                "1 teaspoon of chocolate sauce, for the drizzle",
                "1 small handful of chocolate-coated cocoa nibs, for the cream",
                "1 tall 450ml glass, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes",
                "Enough cubed ice to fill the tumbler (about 250g)",
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                "Chill a tall glass in the freezer.",
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                "Cool the paste down by standing the mug in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes.",
                "Fill the chilled glass with ice and pour the cooled paste over it.",
                "Top up with cold milk, poured over the back of a spoon so it layers over the chocolate.",
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