Photo: Courtesy to Sarath N Chocolatier
In rain or shine, cocoa is always there to make your day that much better. As our favourite cafes reopen or deliver with fervor to serve, here are five chocolatey drinks from five different boutiques that are worth your money.
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If you like to support a homegrown chocolate brand, try Kad Kokoa. Kad Kokoa offers dark chocolate hot and cold drinks that will boost your love for chocolate (if that were even possible). If this is your first time, get the Signature Single Origin. Made out of melted 70 per cent single origin dark chocolate, with some milk (vegan option available), this signature drink will satisfy any chocolate craving. Another drink we highly recommend is the Chocotini. Without milk to veil the flavours of the chocolate, this drink really highlights the fruitiness that makes Thai chocolate so unique. You can order drinks for delivery directly through Line (@kadkokoa) or Instagram or Facebook.
Kad KoKoa Thai Craft Chocolate
1076 Naradhiwat Rajanagarindra Road
Monday to Friday 10:30am-7pm; Saturday-Sunday 8am-7pm
092-270-2900
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Importing its chocolate from France, Mika Pâtisserie offers single-origin chocolate drinks with no sugar added. Every sip of chocolate imparts a floral scent on the tips of your nose. If you want, you can mix milk into your pure chocolate drink for a creamier taste. Order the Blackmagic Dark Chocolate Drink through their Official Line @mikapatisserie, or via Lineman.
Mika Pâtisserie
4th Floor, The EmQuartier; 4th Floor, Central Ladprao
Open daily 12pm-8pm
02-118-0629; 02-118-6079
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If you’ve been to Chu already, we must ask—have you tried all their creations? Because with 15 different chocolate drinks on the menu, it’s hard to be done just yet with Chu. Some of our favourites include the 70% Hot Chocolate, 70% Dark Chocolate, Parisian Hot Chocolate, and the Mexican Chili Chocolate, but one of the most popular is the 58% Dark Chocolate, which can be enjoyed hot and with marshmallows. All of Chu’s concoctions are made with cacao berry chocolate and have no added sugar or artificial ingredients. They offer takeaway or order via their official Line @chu.bkk.
Chu
2nd Floor, Exchange Tower, 388 Sukhumvit Road
Open daily 8am-8pm
02-663-4554
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Another Thai chocolate brand worth checking out, Sarath N Cocolatier proudly puts forth its Cocoa Pod Hot Single Origin Chocolate drink, which uses cocoa beans from Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. Seventy per cent dark chocolate and milk chocolate are combined with warm milk and fresh whipping cream and served with delicious homemade marshmallows for a nostalgic touch. Roasted cocoa nibs atop finish the drink to perfection.
Order now on Line Man or directly at the chocolatier official Line @sarathnchocolatier.
Sarath N Chocolatier
19 Sutthisan Winitchai Road
Open daily 10am-7pm
094-962-9898
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Paradai Crafted Chocolate & Cafe is a craft chocolate maker that sources its cocoa locally from farms in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Chanthaburi. Their Signature Hot/Cold Chocolate will melt your heart with its bittersweet flavour and milky texture. In Paradai’s craft chocolate process, only cocoa and organic sugar are used, with no addition of artificial flavours, additives, soy lecithin or vegetable oil—which is quite remarkable. Even more amazingly, the cafe now offers delivery throughout Thailand via cold storage logistics for Ready-to-Drink, while exclusively for its Signature Hot and Cold Chocolate Drink, Paradai delivers throughout Bangkok via Line Man.
Paradai Crafted Chocolate & Cafe
197 Thanon Tanao, Wat Bowon Niwet
Wednesday-Monday, 9:30am-6pm
091-185-6254
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