MyCornwall Magazine - Dec/Jan

CORNISH BARISTA, HALVASSO
What started out in a domestic kitchen in Truro is now a fullyfledged
café at the Via Ferrata Cornwall site near Penryn. Their
hot chocolate is topped with the biggest marshmallow you’ve
ever seen, and 10% of all café sales goes towards supporting
the charity work of BF Adventure with young people. Van
available for weddings, corporate events and festivals. Winter
opening hours: 9am to 4pm, daily. www.thecornishbarista.co.uk
ICED ON THE QUAY, HAYLE
ICED on the Quay falls under the umbrella of Philps Bakery. The
Winter Hot Chocolate menu includes Black Forest, Mint and ‘The
Works’ in White with toasted marshmallows and blondie chunks,
all loaded high with cream, chocolate dust, sauces and toppings.
Vegan variations are also available. Hot chocolate powder is
supplied by Cornish Tea & Cornish Coffee (www.cornish-tea.co.uk).
Find them on East Quay from Friday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm.
POLDHU BEACH CAFÉ, THE LIZARD
Ask anyone in West Cornwall where the best hot chocolates
are to be had, and the chances are they will say Poldhu. This
beach café is legendary for its hot chocs, topped with swirly
cream and a variety of naughty sweet treats: gingerbread,
Maltesers, Oreos, honeycomb, you name it. Open daily (bar x
and y) from 9.30am.
CLEMENTS & HOPE, POLPERRO
A contemporary coffee shop in Polperro with a chilled-out vibe,
serving awesome specialty coffee and epic cakes and bakes.
Owner Abby relocated from the Cotswolds in 2020, and has quickly
established a following: one reviewer declared the white hot
chocolate “to die for”. Open Thursday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
Cornwall has several great chocolatiers, and many produce
drinking chocolate for you to whisk up at home. Chocolarder’s
vegan-friendly powder is a cut above, made from a house blend
of two single estates in Ghana and Indonesia, producing a
deep, sweet, creamy hot chocolate drink with tasting notes of
nutty cocoa melting into sweet caramel and fudge with subtle
flavours of soft brown fruit. Ooh la la! Alternatively, Kernow
Chocolate and Josh’s Chocolate both produce hot chocolate
spoons – dip in warm milk and watch the magic happen. Find
a heart-warming Alpine hot chocolate (pictured on page 67)
recipe containing Cornish clotted cream at www.roddas.co.uk/
recipes/cornish-hot-chocolate/
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