Brunetti - Carlton

Brunetti – Carlton

Italian Hot Chocolate with cream

Even though there is no froth on a traditional Italian Hot Chocolate, the cream melts to form a sort of froth which is delicious.

The mix is strong, dark, rich, thick and intense. Everything an Italian hot chocolate should be. Downsides? A small glass, it could be hotter and it’s not as thick as Fraus but you know what? I DON’T CARE!! As it is, it’s absolutely fabulous. I could easily down 4 or 5 of them. It’s also consistent and there is no choc shot. The rich intensity of it is intoxicating.

Summary: Sublime. Brilliant. Almost flawless. A fantastic hot chocolate. With great layers. A creamy froth and intense mix. Ticks all the boxes. One of the best.

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: No
Price: N/A
How they describe it: N/A
Address: 194 - 204 Faraday Street, Carlton
Website: http://www.brunetti.com.au/Default.aspx

MARKINGS:
Presentation: 9/10
Froth: 8.2/10
Taste: 10/10
Overall: 9.6/10

Little Blue Cafe/Kiosk - St. Kilda

Little Blue Café/Kiosk – St. Kilda

Served at a good temperature in a wide mug. The froth is bland, but the mixture is better. It’s a rich milk chocolate flavour like drinking a chocolate bar. If only it were a little thicker it would be great. It has got a slight powdering edge to it which is slightly unpleasant. And that does lead to a sediment shot at the end along with a minor choc shot. Due to the size it is also very filling

Summary: It is fairly nice, but has got those imperfections that a “non-chocolate specific” store would have. Good but not great.

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: No
Price: $4.00
How they describe it: N/A
Address: Right on the end of St. Kilda Pier
Website: N/A

MARKINGS:
Presentation: N/A (I forgot!)
Froth: 5/10
Taste: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Melbourne Qantas Club

Melbourne Qantas Club – Tullamarine

Well I was travelling to see relatives in Tassie, and I was waiting in the Qantas club and I thought to myself “Hey, you can order coffee’s here, and they do serve them properly so why not?” So I got out my note book, and started writing.

The froth is light and sweet, and there is a good amount of it. It looks very impressive also because a layer of choc syrup is coated to the sides of the glass, but it does sink. The flavour is rich and very sweet; in fact a little too sweet for me. The thickness is surprisingly good but there is a choc shot, and it is not hot enough.

Summary: So what are my outcomes in this spur of the moment review…meh. I mean it is fairly nice, and the thickness is what makes it, but it’s still not amazing

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: No
Price: FREE!
How they describe it: N/A
Address: Melbourne International Airport
Website: N/A

MARKINGS:
Presentation: 7.5/10
Froth: 7/10
Taste: 6.8/10
Overall: 7.2/10

Scintilla Cafe - Heidelburg

Scintilla Café – Heidelberg

Served in a mug with 2 marshmallow and standard looking froth. Speaking of the froth, it hasn’t got mush flavour and there is too much of it. The marshmallows are very soft and spongy which is nice, and it is served at a great hot temp.

It tastes exactly like milk chocolate, not to strong not to weak. But it does get stronger as you get to the bottom, and it leads to a choc shot.

Summary: A simple, yummy Hot Chocolate. Nothing complex, but nice nevertheless.

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: 2
Price: N/A
How they describe it: N/A
Address: 131 Burgundy St. Hiedelburg
Website: N/A

MARKINGS:
Presentation: 6.2/10
Froth: 6/10
Taste: 6.2/10
Overall: 6.3/10

Starbucks

Starbucks – There are 16635 locations worldwide so you shouldn’t really have any trouble finding one, but if you do want to know I had mine in the CBD of Melbourne.

Signature hot chocolate

Well this should be an interesting review, tasting the hot chocolate of the world’s largest café franchise.

So starting off you get the option of marshmallows and cream, I said yes to both. Even if you’re having there, it is still served in the world famous cardboard cup. You will open it up to see a very unenticing “shlop” of cream, froth and 2 marshmallows. When tasting the froth it’s a strange half cold half warm, sweet chocolate flavour that I didn’t really like.

In the mixture the chocolate is stirred and has a fantastic rich dark flavour. It’s a very thin consistency yet manages not to be watery. The temperature is goog but could be hotter and it’s consistent but with a medium choc shot, which is okay.

Summary: Knowing the mass marketing of places like this, I didn’t expect it to be amazingly good, but I was mildly surprised at the quality. Better than I thought it was going to be, but still with the obvious flaws due to being in the large commercial business.

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: Optional
Price: $3.70 - $5.50
How they describe it: “Four cocoas and fresh steamed milk with whipped cream & chocolate powder”
Address: 295 Swanston Street - CBD
Website: www.Starbucks.com(.au)

MARKINGS:
Presentation: 0.7/10
Froth: 3/10
Taste: 6.8/10
Overall: 5.4/10