Champurrado
Hot chocolate is everywhere during the holiday season. It can be found in so many different variations around the world and can be used so many different ways. Because of that, we debuted a new theme this year of “Hot Chocolate” in which we’ll explore a new take on hot chocolate each year of our 25 Dates of Christmas. We begin with Champurrado (also called Mexican hot chocolate) which features a noticeable thickness due to the inclusion of corn flour. The origins lie with the Aztecs and Mayans who blended cocoa beans and vanilla to make the drink. Montezuma II, emperor of Mexico, was rumored to guzzle 50+ cups of hot chocolate every day. And if you thought that was ambitious, consider that Mexico also holds the record for the largest cup of hot chocolate ever created. It was made in Uruapan Mexico in 2018 and held 1,272 gallons of hot chocolate.
Fortunately for us, we have a Latin American coffee shop right down the road called Abogados Cafe. We go there frequently and like a lot of their drinks. And fortunately, they have both premade and packaged champurrado. So, we stopped in for an order of champurrado at Abogados (not a rhyming hygge day, but maybe it should have been!)! And since MIles was home sick from daycare, he tagged along for the fun as well! Being as Abogados means “lawyers” in Spanish and both owners are also lawyers, we incorporated some funny holiday-related lawsuits while we sat and sipped.
Later that day, we pulled out and made the “make at home” champurrado that we had bought, whipped up a batch of polvorones (Mexican wedding cookies) to go with and had a great holiday party with our church small group.
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