Drinking chocolate is hot cocoa’s sophisticated cousin.

Now we love ourselves a cup of hot cocoa. Warm, sweet, and comforting, it’s the boy next door, the one with whom you could happily settle down. Drinking chocolate, on the other hand, is hot cocoa’s sophisticated cousin. He just flew in from Europe and is offering to show you a whole new way of looking at chocolate.

While hot cocoa is perfect for sharing with the whole family, drinking chocolate is the cup you make when you finally have a quiet moment to yourself, or when you want to serve your special guests something they’ll keep talking about--even after they’ve gone home.

Drinking chocolate is the cup you make when you finally have a quiet moment to yourself.

While hot cocoa is generally built around milk, sweetener, and cocoa powder, drinking chocolate is primarily made with real chocolate. It is meant to be intensely chocolatey, often served in smaller amounts and cherished sip by sip.

Drinking chocolate is meant to be intensely chocolatey.

Of course, drinking chocolate is not the same everywhere. In Italy, it can be almost as thick as pudding, and in Spain, there’s usually a churro on the side. In the Caribbean, the tropical spices add a regional flair. From Latin America to Europe, there are countless variations, but they are all very different from the hot cocoa most Americans grew up drinking.

Drinking chocolate is not the same everywhere.

Deep Dark Drinking Chocolate is our interpretation of the European cafe tradition.

Imagine that sophisticated cousin, only now he’s deliciously smooth, deeply satisfying, and on a mission to do good. You will get Deep Dark Drinking Chocolate. Not overly sweet, not too bitter, we use ethically sourced chocolate (Be still my heart!) carefully selected to create a thick, velvety-smooth cup of chocolate perfection. Rich enough to feel indulgent, balanced enough to become a daily ritual, you will find yourself thinking about it long after the last sip.