UserWiki:David Hedlund/Dark chocolate milk

Nutritional values of cocoa powder

• 2% carbohydrates
• Fat
  • Cold pressed cocoa powder: 2.4%
  • Roasted cocoa powder: 1.2%
• ~20 mg caffeine
• ~200 mg theobromine. It's a nice nootropic that may substitute coffee and tea.

Cold pressed cocoa powder is twice as expensive as roasted cocoa powder. I recommend against Dutch process cocoa, because it contains lower amounts of flavonols.

Ingredients

For everyday use, I recommend a light dose when you wake up, and another light dose in the middle of the day. To save you some time, see the common dosage to make a batch for two light doses.

For cocoa ceremonies, go for a single dose of 20-40 grams of cocoa.

Level	Cocoa powder	Other ingredients
Threshold	5 grams, or 1 tbsp	0.5 tsp cinnamon, 200 mL soy milk
Light	10 grams, or 2 tbsp	1 tsp cinnamon, 200 mL soy milk
Common	20 grams, or 4 tbsp	2 tsp cinnamon, 200 mL soy milk
Strong	30 grams, or 6 tbsp	3 tsp cinnamon, 200 mL soy milk.
Heavy	40 grams, or 8 tbsp	4 tsp cinnamon, 200 mL soy milk

• Ecological products are recommended.
• Some sweet spice like natural sugar substitute, like cinnamon, cardamom, or clove. to replace 1 tbsp table sugar (sucrose), for example 1 tsp cinnamon. Also, sugar-free chocolate milk is a useful weight loosing aid in contrast to sugar based chocolate milk.
• Soy milk: High in protein, low in [liquid] carbohydrates.

Procedures

1. Use a fine strainer to get rid of large particles from the spices, this is for example common with cinnamon. This is an important step because they will not be ground in the blender.
2. Do not heat the milk, as it will possibly destroy sensitive compounds in the cocoa powder.
3. Put the milk in the blender/shaker
4. Add the rest of the ingredients
5. Mix for one minute in a blender, or shake vigorously for a minute in a shaker — you cannot beat a blender when it comes to smoothness, but a shaker is definitely your friend when you are on the go.

All the best! — David Hedlund

External links

• Chocolate milk (Wikipedia)