I've been looking for some of London's best hot chocolate spots over the years, and London's restaurant and cafe scene is always changing. As for hot chocolate, my favourite is the Italian-style liquid chocolate. I don't like hot chocolate that is too milky and tastes bland. I prefer the liquid chocolate variety. Today I am introducing Carpo's hot chocolate, located at Piccadilly Circus. (There's also a couple in Belgravia and at Selfridges.)
Carpo is a chocolate, nut, dried fruit, and yogurt shop that hails from Greece. I was greeted when I walked in and offered chocolates to try before purchasing. I settled on some nut varieties. Pistachio clusters and dark chocolate were my favourite, and I also had sesame seeds with dark chocolate dipped on one side and some florentines with one side dipped in chocolate. The chocolate-covered nuts are simply devine. My main purpose, however, was the hot chocolate.
The hot chocolate was liquid chocolate. It was good, but it's not the best I have had. This was on the slight bitter side, which some may prefer.
The sesame seed and florentine chocolates I purchased are located above, and they are definitely delicious.
I also left with a couple milk and dark pistachio clusters and a couple sea salt and caramel chocolate truffles. The truffles were not my favourite either as there's another chocolate shop that does them better in my opinion (Dark Sugars on Brick Lane). However, the pistachio clusters and sesame seed chocolate is delicious and I will be going back for more.
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