Hot chocolate is one of those weird drinks where the name's come to be used for a few different things that are pretty much nothing like each other.
1) A milk drink flavoured weakly with chocolate. 2) A very sweet hot drink made with cocoa and lots of sugar. 3) A drink made with melted chocolate and steamed milk.
It sounds like the stuff you're fond of is an instance of 3. The trick to making it is not to make 1 or 2 instead. Aside from milk (and/or cream) the other ingredient is chocolate. Not cocoa. Not powder or granules or syrup. Actual chocolate.
To make the stuff, melt it in a pan then add steamed milk gradually until you have the consistency you want. If, like me, you don't have a milk steamer then it's fine to use a microwave or another pan. Or even the same pan by adding cold milk if you're really careful (boil any of it and the whole lot will taste slightly of boiled milk).
And in case it's not obvious: the flavour you get depends on the chocolate you use. Something like Menier is good if you can find it, though most people would want to add some sugar. Bournville is OK for most tastes, but you might find it too sweet. Experiment to work out what you like!
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1) A milk drink flavoured weakly with chocolate.
2) A very sweet hot drink made with cocoa and lots of sugar.
3) A drink made with melted chocolate and steamed milk.
It sounds like the stuff you're fond of is an instance of 3. The trick to making it is not to make 1 or 2 instead. Aside from milk (and/or cream) the other ingredient is chocolate. Not cocoa. Not powder or granules or syrup. Actual chocolate.
To make the stuff, melt it in a pan then add steamed milk gradually until you have the consistency you want. If, like me, you don't have a milk steamer then it's fine to use a microwave or another pan. Or even the same pan by adding cold milk if you're really careful (boil any of it and the whole lot will taste slightly of boiled milk).
And in case it's not obvious: the flavour you get depends on the chocolate you use. Something like Menier is good if you can find it, though most people would want to add some sugar. Bournville is OK for most tastes, but you might find it too sweet. Experiment to work out what you like!