Iced Mandarin Orange Café Mocha

A unique and refreshing blend of flavors.

The flavor of chocolate, coffee, mandarin orange, cinnamon and nutmeg tastes wonderful together……and over ice it’s a real treat.

In this refreshing iced café mocha drink, cream is added to the serving glass right at the end.

And the trick is not to stir the cream…so that the drink has two layers where the creamy layer floats to the top.

It looks so pretty to serve the drink in layers.

I especially like clementine oranges because they don’t have seeds and are easy to peel.

A clementine is a variety of a mandarin orange and is super juicy and sweet.

So make sure to have extra clementine oranges on hand for the chef to snack on when making this tasty drink.

Here are more colorful drinks you may like “Pink Lemonade“, “Very Cherry Shirley Temple with Lime” and “Lemon, Mint and Orange Iced Tea“.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Milk, cocoa powder, instant coffee, juice from clementine oranges, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and a small pinch of ground cloves (optional), half and half (or cream)…and…

…granulated sugar

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

Here’s how to make it.

In a small pan, add milk…

…cocoa powder,

and sugar.

Next add instant coffee granules,

…cinnamon, and

…nutmeg.

If you like the taste of cloves, an option is to add just a super small pinch of ground cloves.

Then,

add juice from 3 clementine oranges.

Heat the mixture on medium heat while constantly stirring.

Try to keep the heat just low enough so the mixture doesn’t boil.

If it does start to boil, turn the heat down just a bit.

Continue stirring the mixture until all of the ingredients are combined and…

…the mixture starts to thicken (about 6 minutes).

Then turn the heat off, move the pan off of the hot burner and let the mixture cool for about 15 minutes.

Stir it a few times while it’s cooling.

Fill two serving glasses with ice.

Pour the café mocha into a small pitcher or pouring measuring cup so it’s easier to pour in the serving glasses (instead of pouring it from the pan).

Pour the café mocha into the serving glasses leaving about 2 inches of space from the top for the half and half (or cream if preferred).

To the glasses, add half and half, or cream to the café mocha.

It looks pretty in the glass when serving if the half and half (or cream) is not stirred so the drink has a creamy layered look to it.

Add a few more ice cubes if there is room in the glass to top it off.

Then…

…garnish with a segment of clementine orange

Then it’s time to sit back, relax and…

…enjoy each and every sip.

Thank you so much for stopping by CCC!

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Iced Mandarin Orange Café Mocha

A unique and refreshing blend of flavors.

Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword Cafe Mocha, Iced Cafe Mocha, Iced Coffee

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 7 minutes

Time to cool before serving: 15 minutes

Total Time 27 minutes

Servings 2

Author [email protected]

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup (heaping) granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon (heaping) instant coffee granules
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 Clementine mandarin oranges
• 1 pinch ground cloves optional
• 1/4 cup half and half or cream if preferred

Instructions

1. In a small pan add milk, cocoa powder, sugar, instant coffee granules, cinnamon, nutmeg and the juice from 3 clementine oranges.

2. If you like the taste of cloves, an option is to add just a super small pinch of ground cloves. 

3. Heat the mixture on medium heat while constantly stirring.  If the mixture starts to boil, turn the heat down just a bit.

4. Continue stirring until all of the ingredients are combined and the mixture starts to thicken (about 6 minutes). 

5. Then turn the heat off, move the pan off of the hot burner and let the mixture cool for about 15 minutes. Stir it a few times while it’s cooling. 

6. Fill two serving glasses with ice.

7. Pour the café mocha in a small pitcher or pouring measuring cup so it's easier to pour into the serving glasses (instead of pouring it from the pan).

8. Pour the café mocha into serving glasses leaving about 2 inches of space from the top for the half and half (or cream if preferred). 

9. To the glasses, add half and half, or cream to the café mocha. 

10. It looks pretty in the glass when serving if the half and half (or cream) is not stirred so the drink has a creamy layered look to it.

11. Add a few more ice cubes if there is room in the glass to top it off. 

12. Garnish with a segment of clementine orange.