Gourmet Cocoa Powder - Rich Chocolate Flavor & High Flavanol Cacao - Ideal for Baking, Cold or Hot Chocolate Drinks - Natural, Vegan, Non-GMO, Costa Rica Origin, 7oz (100% Cacao Powder)

This Costa Rican Cocoa makes excellent hot chocolate. All you do is mix the cocoa in with some manilla and sugar and add low fat milk. Put everything in a cup and heat in the microwave for 60 seconds. Take the cup out and stir everything with a spoon until the milk is a chocolate color. Place cup backinto the microwave and heat it for an additional 2-3 minutes. The result will be an excellent cup of cocoa!

It's worth the money. Too many cocoa powders are too bitter for my taste. This one is well made, and I rather enjoy it in my morning coffee! I just have to remember not to use it at night because the theobromine (which is naturally occurring in cacao) keeps me up at night!

It is difficult to find a dark chocolate hot cocoa mix that has “cocoa” as the first ingredient rather than sugar. It seemed like sugar content is lower, but the international label of ingredients per 100grams is difficult to translate to how much the ingredients are per 1 tablespoon per serving, as an example. When I tried to figure out equivalent measurements, I discovered that translating weight to tablespoon measurement really depends on the weight of the ingredient (e.g. 14.2g of butter is equal to 1 tablespoon, compared to 8.9grams of flour is equal to 1 tablespoon). If you use the flour measurement of 8.9grams equal to 1 tablespoon, then 1 tablespoon of this cocoa would equal to:Fat 2.85gSaturated fat 1.78gProtein 1.07gTotal carbohydrates 4.36gTotal sugars 4.36gSodium 39.16mgPotassium 95.23mgCalcium 57.23mgIron 1.25mgPlease note that these are estimate measurements that may not be correct for the product, as I mentioned above, it is very difficult to find an accurate conversion measurement for grams to tablespoon.The main reason why I was interested in trying to convert the ingredients was because my initial reaction was that this cocoa seems to be salty, which was surprising to me, as I never noticed whether other cocoas had salt content. So I think to compensate for the lower sugar, the salt helps to bring out the flavor and sweetness, especially for dark chocolate. Personally, I would have preferred to have a cocoa without any salt, especially for those who need to watch their daily sodium content. Lastly, note that there may be larger pieces of cocoa that may be included in your spoonful and these larger pieces are difficult to melt with hot water. So most of the time, I’m left with leftover chocolate at the bottom of my cup. To avoid this, you can just smash with your spoon the larger rounds and turn them into powder before you put in your water. But, other than these comments, I enjoy the product and plan to order more.

Organic, sugar-free and tastes great, no aftertaste from sweetener.

We tried this as a hot chocolate...but you do need a sweetener. However, I want to try to make like a chocolate frosting for cakes...I think the flavor on it's own is VERY GOOD and will make a super frosting since one needs to add a sugar...but the cocoa itself is smacking good and rich!

Tastes horrible and clumps.

This hot cocoa mix tastes pretty ordinary when mixed with steamed milk. It needs some doctoring up to make it special...maybe a dash of something spicy and a little salt. The flavor needs to be amped up! The weirdest thing about this product is that you wouldn't know what it was or how to use it from looking at the tin. The ingredients are on a paper inside the tin. Ingredients are exactly as stated on the Amazon listing.

I love, love, love this product. It's creamy and had a pleasant chocolate flavor. I even use rice milk with it and it still tastes great.