The humble mocha is one of my favorite coffee drinks

The humble mocha is one of my favorite coffee drinks. It is simple, classic, and almost always delicious. So let me show you how to make it at home. We'll begin with a saucepan on a burner on medium to low heat. 200g of dark brown sugar, 150g of water, and then 100g of high quality cocoa powder. Okay, now on that medium low heat, we are simply going to stir until everything is combined. The cocoa powder will feel a little bit stubborn at first. However, once that heat begins to rise, it will quickly smooth out into the sauce. Now, we don't ever want this to be bubbling. The goal here is to fully smooth out and create a sauce. We're going to remove this from the heat as soon as it looks like it's about to simmer. Okay, let's pull it from heat. I'm now gonna whisk in 7g of vanilla paste. You can sub this for vanilla extract if you prefer. Also, about 4g of kosher salt. This is gonna help give us that really rich, fudgy flavor in our sauce. I'll let this cool a little bit more and then I'll transfer it into a container. It can be stored in the fridge for about two weeks. However, I already did all of that. So let's just, let's just make a drink. We could make this iced or hot, but it's summer, we're making it iced. Pardon for the whiplash of switching units, but we're gonna use about 3/4 ounce of our chocolate sauce. Realistically, all of this is to taste anyways. Double shot of espresso. Four and a half ounces milk of choice. Then to fully incorporate and also texture our drink, we'll use a handheld frother. Give it a good froth for about fifteen seconds until you see the size increase by about a third. I need a cup. Cheers. It's pretty yummy.