Simple and zesty orange hot chocolate with cinnamon

Ingredients

• 4 cups whole milk, 1 litre
• 5 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
• 6-7 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, or to taste
• zest of one orange
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch salt

Method

1. Add a cup of milk to a saucepan, over medium heat. Add in unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, zest of one orange, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Give it a stir, and once it starts to simmer and rise, add in the rest of the milk. Serve warm.
2. Taste, do you find it too bitter? Add in a little more sugar. Too sweet? – more unsweetened cocoa powder. If you find it too flavorful and rich – more milk. I have it more bitter (about 7 tbsp) when I add sweet toppings like marshmallows.
3. Strain it through a sieve before you pour it into cups to avoid drinking the zest!