Caotina Surfin Swiss Premium Chocolate Drink

Brand: Caotina Surfin

Name: Swiss Premium Chocolate Drink

Tagline: The cocoa drink made with real Swiss chocolate

Origin: Switzerland

Servings: 10

Weight: 10 x 15g (also available in canisters)

Price: RM19.90

Availability: Village Grocer, Cold Storage, etc...

Ingredients: Sugar, fat reduced cocoa 19% (with emulsifier soy lecithine), glucose, chocolate 7% (sugar, cocoa, cocoa butter, fat reduced cocoa, cocoa mass, flavouring vanillin), calcium phosphate, flavouring vanillin, salt, 7 vitamins, (B1, B2, B5, B12, folic acid, niacin, pantothenic acid)

Nutritional information: Calories 57kcal; Fat 0.5g; Carbohydrate 12.3g; Calcium 34mg

Instructions: Mix content in a cup of warm or cold milk

Review:

• Taste: I've made this 10 times (yes, I finished the whole box before actually writing this review). The first few times, I made it with 250ml milk (vague instructions) but it was too thin for my liking. I then lessen the amount of milk by 50ml and it was much better. It is sweet but not tooth-achingly sweet. However, you might find the cocoa taste lacking if you're used to chomping the dark variety. 7/10


• Smoothness: Not surprisingly, it is very smooth. And I do mean very. The dead giveaway is the fact that it can be made with cold milk (which I forgot to try *slaps forehead*). 5/5


• Meltiness: Easy to dissolve. Again no surprises here. Does leave a teensy bit of residue at the bottom, though. 4/5


• Thickness: This is the only thing stopping you from seeing the Swiss Alps when sipping the hot chocolate as it's not thick at all. Come to think of it, gulping the hot chocolate might be the correct term instead. 2/5 


• Worthiness: It works out to RM2 per cup (excluding milk), which is good value for money. 4/5


• Others: Vague instructions is always a major turn-off as you would have to experiment numerous times before discovering the perfect way to make the hot chocolate. I'm not sure whether it's absolving responsibility (well, you made it so it's your fault), laziness, or giving power to the consumers (*ehem ehem*) on the manufacturers' part but I honestly believe we consumers would prefer if they'd just take our hands when it comes to instructions 'cause it defeats the purpose of convenience to do otherwise. Then again, they might be daring us to create better hot chocolates than them. Hmmm... 3/5

Final score: 71.4%


In a nutshell: Delicious and good value for money, if you know how much milk to use.