Picture this: You're feeling sick, laid up in bed... a hot drink sounds nice, but do you want to spend all that time making a fantastic cup of hot cocoa when there are instant mixes available?
Sadly, you will probably agree to doing the latter, which leaves you with this:
(Brand name blurred so as not to give free-advertising to that brand name. Also, all packaged mixes suck as far as I'm concerned - didn't want to discriminate and make you believe this was the worst.)
"JUST ADD HOT WATER"
I will give you some free advice. Any product that says that will not taste good, or will taste fine and yet leave a horrible aftertaste. Think about it, make good decisions in life.
Oh dear. Well, time to turn the kettle on, rip open that package, and see what we have to deal with.
Appetizing! It's Cocoa's anemic cousin.Kettle's boiling!
Queue ten minutes of stirring.
Finished!Oh... I guess that's it then. Notice the way the mix doesn't completely dissolve even after stirring viciously for quite some time. Isn't that great? Who doesn't love hot cocoa grit in their teeth?
Close-up of the bog before it goes into my trembling and unwilling tummy.
It took me a while but I finished that entire mug. It could have been my stomach, but it left much to be desired. (Aren't you all surprised to hear that). It was about 70% water, 20% cocoa, 10% vampire elixir. I hate copious amounts of water added to hot chocolate, but with an instant mix - JUST ADD HOT WATER - you can't really get around that. I dare not try this with milk (I fear some sort of clotted disaster).
So, final verdict:
I still feel sick.
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