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Black Cocoa Cold Brew Tonic with Orange

A dairy-free, bittersweet cold brew stirred with a glossy honey-cocoa syrup, lifted by fizzy sparkling water and a bright splash of fresh orange.

Black Cocoa Cold Brew Tonic with Orange

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gBrewed coffeecold brew, chilled
  • 2 tbsp10 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1½ tbsp28 gHoney
  • 2½ tbsp40 gWater
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract
  • 2½ tbsp (35 ml)40 gOrange juice
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled

Steps

  1. Make the cocoa syrup first: in a small pot, whisk the unsweetened cocoa powder, honey, water and salt until smooth with no dry lumps of cocoa powder.
  2. Warm the pot over medium-low heat, whisking, for 2 to 3 minutes until the cocoa syrup is glossy and just simmering, then take it off the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  3. Cool the cocoa syrup for about 15 minutes, or set the pot in a bowl of ice water to speed it up.
  4. Divide the cooled cocoa syrup evenly between two tall glasses, half in each.
  5. Pour half of the cold brew coffee into each glass and stir well to blend it with the syrup.
  6. Add half of the orange juice to each glass and stir.
  7. Fill the glasses with ice, then top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently once to keep the fizz.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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