Iced Mandarin Orange Café Mocha

Name: Iced Mandarin Orange Café Mocha
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 27 min
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)

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by Nancy

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This iced mandarin orange café mocha has a unique and refreshing blend of flavors.

The flavor of chocolate, coffee, mandarin orange, cinnamon and nutmeg tastes wonderful together.

And when served 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 juicy and sweet.

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

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

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

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

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…

…and serve cold.

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