Mocha

What is it?

Espresso blended with chocolate sauce and steamed milk, then topped with cream or a dusting of chocolate powder in some stores. It's McCafe's coffee-and-cocoa drink, served hot and poured to sit somewhere between a latte and hot chocolate. Compared with a plain latte, it brings added sweetness and a darker, cocoa note, while using the same steamed milk base as other drinks in the McCafe range. Ordering one means choosing a size and whether you want full cream or skim milk, which shifts the richness noticeably. Chocolate flavour is more drinking-chocolate than dark-cocoa intense, so it leans sweeter than bitter. For people who find a straight latte too plain but don't want to go full hot chocolate, it splits the difference neatly.