What is a true hot chocolate or Chintaka, Questions and Answers
What is “Chintaka”?
«Chintaka» is a shaved chocolate used for preparation of natural hot chocolate.
How did «Chintaka» originated?
«Chintaka» originated in Russia due to lack of natural ingredients for easy preparation of hot
chocolate on the Russian market. Creators of «Chintaka», true chocolate lovers themselves, set as a
goal creation of delicious, fully natural and easily cookable hot chocolate. The historical fact that
chocolate has originated in the Mayan civilization was taken as a basis of the brand concept.
What is «Chintaka» made from?
«Chintaka» is a completely natural product.
Ingredients: Cocoa mass 47,5 %, Cocoa powder 1,5 %, Sugar 51 %, Vanillin 0,5%.
How is «Chintaka» produced?
Shaved chocolate for preparation of hot chocolate «Chintaka» is produced from raw materials
originating from France, Belgium and Russia. Production is organized in accordance with highest
standards and on high-tech Italian equipment.
What is the fundamental difference of «Chintaka» from other hot chocolates that are
currently present on the market?
Presently various artificial components or press cake (cocoa powder) are typically used in the
production of hot chocolate mixtures.
In the first case this would be a 3-20 gr. mixture of artificial flavors, emulsifiers and stabilizers that is
supposed to dissolve in milk (or water). As a result consumer gets a milk beverage that tastes like
chocolate.
Press cake (cocoa powder) that is used in the second case is a product received from the cocoa mass
after extraction of cocoa butter (i.e. press cake is a secondary product of cocoa mass processing).
Cocoa powder can significantly improve the taste of the final product. However such product can not
be called completely natural as certain emulsifiers (substances used to blend together ingredients
which might not blend well on their own) are usually present in it to provide for dilution of the
powder in water or milk. Moreover such product does not have health benefits of natural chocolate as
all major chocolate valuable biologically active nutrients are contained in extracted cocoa butter.
«Chintaka» chocolate is a completely natural product that contains cocoa mass (and a cocoa butter as
a consequence). There are 60 gr. of shaved chocolate per portion. Thus the customer drinks chocolate
and not a beverage that just tastes like chocolate. Cooking method – melting of shaved chocolate in
milk, allows obtaining homogeneous chocolate mass, identical to what you get when you melt a
chocolate bar. It takes only one minute to cook «Chintaka» chocolate. The beverage is cooked on fire,
in microwave oven or using steam outlet of a coffee machine. The mixture does not require special
storage conditions.
See Table 1 for comparison of «Chintaka» shaved chocolate with other chocolate powders.
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Varieties of hot chocolate «Chintaka»
There are currently three types of «Chintaka»:
9 Chintaka mild with no spice – classic hot chocolate.
9 Chintaka spicy with cinnamon, cardamom and black pepper.
9 Chintaka hot with cardamom, black pepper and red pepper.
Why does Chintaka taste like this?
When we were creating tastes of «Chintaka» we have arranged for several degustation series. More
than 500 people of different age took part in tasting «Chintaka». Research was conducted using blind
testing. Most of respondents expressed a preference for the test piece that was later used as standard of
taste.
What is the brand «Chintaka»?
«Chintaka» is not only a natural hot chocolate. It is a versatile product. It
provokes, it inspires research spirit and arouses romantic mood. «Chintaka»
is saturated by ancient Mesoamerican cultures. The mission of the project
is to revive the culture of drinking hot chocolate. Starting from a special
cup, reconstructed from the sample cup, that was found at an archeological
site in Honduras (about 2000 BC) with the remains of chocolate in it, and
ending with the largest internet portal in Russia, dedicated to hot chocolate
www.chintaka.ru.
What are the health benefits of natural hot chocolate «Chintaka»?
Chocolate is a very rich source of biologically active nutrients (vitamins B1, B2, PP, provitamin A;
calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, theobromine, phenylethylamine, vegetable proteins,
phytosterols, flavonoids).
Natural chocolate is a powerful antioxidant (prevents the emergence of free radicals, slows cells
aging process), antidepressant (stimulates production of endorphins, serotonin) and a natural energy
drink (promotes physical and mental activity).
How to cook natural hot chocolate «Chintaka»?
Cooking method № 1
Pour 1 package of chocolate in the microwave-safe container of 200 ml capacity. Add 50 ml of milk
or water and spices. Cook on High (set power to 800-850 watts) in microwave for 1 minute (be careful
not to let it boil.). Stir until smooth when it is melted.
Cooking method № 2
Pour 1 package of chocolate in a saucepan of 200 ml capacity. Add 50 ml of milk or water and spices.
Melt and stir over low heat for 1 minute until the mixture is homogenous.
Cooking method № 3
Pour 1 package of chocolate in a cup of 200 - 500 ml capacity. Add 50 ml of milk or water and spices.
Melt for 30-40 seconds using the steam outlet of the coffee machine until the mixture is homogenous.
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TABLE 1 Comparative description of hot chocolate «Chintaka» mix and other mixes used for preparation of hot chocolate beverages.
Description
Approx
mixture
weight per 1
portion
Example Ingredients
Cooking Method
Advantages and Disadvantages
Chocolate beverage
Instant chocolate
beverage
8-30 g.
Sugar, cocoa powder, maltodextrin,
dry buttermilk, dried non-fat milk,
emulsifier (lecithin), salt, flavoring
Dissolve into hot milk or water
Nothing to do with a chocolate. A
beverage that just tastes like
chocolate.
Hot Cocoa
Beverage based on
press cake (cocoa
powder)
Cocoa powder, vanillin
Mix cocoa powder and sugar, add some
hot milk or water, whisk well until
homogenous, add more hot milk and
bring to boil.
Strong chocolate taste, small
amount of healthy ingredients, too
complicated to cook.
Pour a mixture into in choco-mixer or in
chocolate fountain
Strong chocolate taste. Presence of
artificial components that can keep
warm chocolate in the «fresh» state
for a long time.
Grate bar of chocolate of 100 gr., add 40
ml of milk and melt on a slow fire or in
microwave oven.
The quality of the finished product
depends on the quality of the source
chocolate bar.
Melt 60 g. of chocolate mass in 50 ml.
milk in microwave oven, on fire or
using steam outlet of a coffee machine
Hot chocolate with natural taste
of chocolate and all the health
benefits of natural chocolate.
Product
(analogue)
20 g.
Chocolate pellets
for preparation of
chocolate in chocomixers in cafes and
restaurants or in
chocolate fountains
Molded tablets or
pellets that melt at low
temperatures
40-80 g.
Chocolate bar,
grated and melted
in milk.
Classic bitter or dark
chocolate, no fruit or
alcoholic fillings.
80-100 g.
Natural hot
chocolate
«Chintaka»
Natural shaved
chocolate
60 g.
Varies considerably.
One of the options:
Sugar, dried milk, cocoa beans,
water, cocoa butter, emulsifier:
soya lecithin, possible frosting
agent: shellac, colorant Е102, Е124,
Е132, Е151.
Varies greatly. One of the options:
sugar, cocoa mass, crushed
hazelnut, cocoa butter, emulsifier
lecithin, flavoring identical to
natural.
Cocoa mass 47,5 %, Cocoa
powder 1,5 %, Sugar 51 %,
Vanillin 0,5%.
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