Crumble & Cream

Quirky coffee shops in Chichester

I have always associated a cup of hot cocoa with winter,  glowing embers in a fire grate and bedtime.

 

But quite what the difference between hot chocolate, cocoa and drinking chocolate is, I am not sure. Every coffee shop and tea room dutifully offer hot chocolate on their menus. But despite the topping of whipped cream, marshmallows and sprinkle of chocolate, in my mind its just cocoa.

Not that there is anything wrong with a hot cocoa on a winters day.

 

finecooking.com/article/chocolate-vs-cocoa-powder

Every cafe, tea room and coffee shop serves an afternoon tea. A timeless ritual, jealously preserved.

 

‘Ritual’ being the key word. Sometimes elegant, sometimes not.  Seldom very different though. Generally the same well worn menu.

virginexperiencedays.co.uk/experience-blog/unique-afternoon-teas
londonist.com/london/drink/unusual-quirky-interesting-afternoon-teas-london
girlabouttravel.co.uk/round-up/afternoon-tea-in-hampshire/