Cafe Mocca anyone?

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Hey guys.
One of my old standbys when I am in the bush is making Cafe Mocca, it is roughly 50% coffee to 50% hot chocolate and can be made with a pack of instant coffee and a pack of hot chocolate mix. It eliminates the need for creamer and suger and is easy enough to make. It is common aound here to go into a coffee shop and see it advertised, sometimes it can be made fancier with expresso or whipped cream or some kind of sprinkles. In Ontario, Canada it is common, popular and known as Cafe Mocca, I imagine in comes from the french being roughly "Coffee Chocolate". I wouldnt begin to imagine that we invented here it but I recall meeting somone from Texas this summer who called it something totally different "Something cow" I believe. Is this common in your part of the world? What is it called there? Do you know where the name comes from?
 
Coffee and hot chocolate, it's a Mocha coffee here. Always figured it was Italian.
 
Coffee mocha here but I would skip the instant coffee stuff and use good roasted beans to make the coffee and to a nearly full cup add a pack of instant cocoa. If I am at home and have time I make up a small batch of chocolate syrup.
 
Mocha is Italian for chocolate. :foot: I use Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Syrup in my coffee. :)
 
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Cougar Allen said:
Mocha is Italian for chocolate. I use Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Syrup in my coffee. :)
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cioccolato is Italian for chocolate.

Mocha was a port in yemen where a bitter coffee bean was originally exported from, taking on the name Mocha. It was so bitter people used other ingredients, like chocolate, to flavor it. That's how it morphed to Mochalatte, mochachino, mochaspresso etc. etc.
 
In backpacking circles throughout the US this combo is an OLD favorite - right up there with GORP (Good 'Ol Raisins and Peanuts). I've "doctored" up each in different ways over the years.

For what i've learned as "Mocha" (for me, it's been the past 25yrs or so and is instant coffee + hot chocolate mix with or without marshmallows), i have added powered milk, extra sugar, sometimes a little cinnamon/allspice/nutmeg for a "pumpkin" flavor - lots of recipe's. This is mostly a winter backpacking recipe so i usually add the extra sugar and powered milk for the added calories.
 
Thank you all for your posts. No other nicknames for it? or other recipes? Like I stated above mine is for the bush and is instant coffee and instant hot chocolate, usually at a ratio of 2 coffee to 1 HC.
 
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