#hot chocolate tierlist

i've been ranking hot chocolate from various coffee shops for a little bit now, here are my reviews and current ranking. last updated 2025-03-01.

Caffè Nero

hot chocolate classic: a bit bland and a bit sweet honestly fine. i've using this to be the reference point. (C)

luxury hot chocolate: richer, in some ill-defined way, better texture, different taste (better but not for me). (C)

Spring Espresso (York)

a perfect basic hot chocolate. very solid no flaws. (B)

Stage (Leeds)

hot chocolate: perfect texture, a bit melty, a bit too cocoa-y for me. (A-)

malted hot chocolate: perfect texture, a bit melty, a bit too cocoa-y for me, but now a bit malty yay! (A)

peppermint hot chocolate: surprisingly really good, i dont like anything remotely minty, but this is sutble and interesting. worst than usual because mint, but soo much better than expected. would happily drink a little bit because i find it interesting, but idk if i would want a whole cup. (B)

oat milk hot chocolate ('25-03-05): i like the oat milk and the thickness/texture of the hot chocolate, but the taste of the stage hot chocolate (for me) is not complimented by the oat milk. the issue here is the specific combination tho, not the oat milk. (C+)

Spoons

watery, not very milky, awful texture, sweet, little cocoa /neg. (F+)

C

a friend of mine

hot chocolate (cadbury): not quite heavy enough, great taste. (A+)

hot chocolate (galaxy): not heavy enough, better, more chocolatly taste. what i remember costa tasting like before 2021. (S-)

Costa

hot chocolate: watery in taste and somewhat texture, sweet, little cocoa, much better than spoons tho. i swear it used to be soo much better. (C-)

winter black forest hot chocolate: the same as the normal hot chocolate, but with a berry syrup kinda thing. it's nicer, and sweeter in a fun way, but the sweetness is very discontinuous with the rest of the drink and feels like its just been added on top (because it has). (C)

Cooplands

watery in taste and somewhat texture, sweet, little cocoa, much better than spoons, worse than costa tho. (D)

Winter Tent LUU '24

salted caramel hot chocolate: watery in texture, but incredibly rich taste also alcahol yay! (A)

GFAL

watery in taste and texture. (D-)

H

a friend of mine.

good texture, weighy, but also not quite right (because non-dairy), sweet taste with some depth. (B+)

Chocomel (microwaved milk)

actually awful idk why but it tastes like alternative milk without any fun or goodness, unlike using actual alt. milks. disappointed because i love the milkshake. (F+)

Mog's (Leeds)

kind of watery compared to stage but otherwise good texture. sweet, chocolatey, and also something else that's good but idk what. (A-)

Flamingos (Leeds)

not nearly thick enough to compliment the chocolatey taste, but good taste. tastes properly like chocolate. demoted from b to b- on '25-03-01 (B-)

200°

very similar to mogs, but substantially less flavourful, that being said much better texture and thats more important. demoted from B+ to B- on '25-03-05. (B-)

Canterbury Tails (Canterbury)

fancy hot chocolate: unfortunately a bit bland and watery, idk if its non dairy but it tastes like it /pos but also tates creamy just without the texture to back it up. (C+)

Wapentake (Leeds) ('25-2)

sweet, chocolatly, not thin, almost perfect. as with all hot chocolates could be thicker (A+)

Kulture Coffee (Leeds) ('25-3)

pretty plain and solid, in taste and texture (B+)

92° ('25-3)

almost the right texture, sweet enough, the right milkyness, but really disappointingly bland (C-)

current ranking

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