Peppermint Mocha Latte Recipe

How to Make a Peppermint Mocha Latte

The perfect blend of refreshing mint, creamy chocolate, and rich coffee, this drink is the ideal cosy treat when you're feeling festive. Peppermint is such an amazing nostalgic Christmas flavour, taking us right back to childhood candy canes, so we like to enjoy our peppermint mochas snuggled under blankets, preferably with fluffy socks on, watching our favourite Christmas film.

This quick and simple recipe requires no fancy equipment and is super easy to customise based on your preferences: you can swap out dairy milk for your favourite plant-based alternative, sweeten to your taste, and choose your own toppings.

If you have a coffee pod machine, we'd strongly recommend you get your hands on our mocha coffee pods if you love a chocolatey coffee. If you don’t, we’d strongly recommend you check out our sleek and powerful Nespresso® compatible pod machine. 

Peppermint Mocha Latte Ingredients

What you need for one serving: 

• 175ml milk
• 175ml brewed espresso or strong coffee (1tbsp of ground coffee or 2 coffee pods)
• 2tbsp sugar, or sweeten to taste
• 1tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (if using our mocha coffee pods, use ½ tbsp)
• ¼ tsp mint extract or ½ tsp peppermint syrup
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• Whipped cream

Peppermint Mocha Latte Recipe

1. Prepare your coffee using your favourite brewing method. If you’re using whole bean or ground coffee, make sure it's fresh and high-quality so that you’re getting a great base for your peppermint mocha. If you’re stuck, Grind is a safe option—we roast our speciality whole bean and ground coffee every day in our London roastery and ship it to you while it's fresh and at its best. If using a coffee pod machine, brew two long shots of our compostable coffee pods. 
2. In a small saucepan, add the milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. Heat over a medium heat until small bubbles being to form around the edge and the sugar has dissolved.
3. Stir in the coffee, mint extract or peppermint syrup, and vanilla extract. Remove from the heat. 
   
4. Serve in a large mug or tall heatproof glass and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, or any other toppings you’re into. Anything goes when it’s Christmas.

What Does a Peppermint Mocha Taste Like? 

The combination of smooth, rich chocolate with cool, refreshing peppermint is a pretty unbeatable one, especially when combined with all the deep flavours of our speciality coffee. Think mint choc chip ice cream, but in a coffee. And way more festive. Inspired by one of everyone’s favourite holiday sweets, the candy cane, this recipe gives you a super creamy and silky peppermint mocha. 

How Many Calories in a Peppermint Mocha? 

Our peppermint mocha recipe contains around 270 calories. This can easily be reduced by cutting down on the whipped cream topping, choosing low-fat milk, using a calorie-free sweetener in place of sugar, or a low-calorie cocoa powder. 

Ready to Make a Peppermint Mocha Latte at Home? 

Before you can make a seriously good peppermint mocha latte, you’re going to need some seriously good coffee. Thankfully, you’re in the right place for getting café-worthy coffee delivered to your door.

Choose from our range of ethically-sourced, speciality-grade coffee in Nespresso® compatible, home-compostable coffee pods or as whole bean and ground coffee. 

If you're a pod person, we’d unsurprisingly suggest you get your hands on our sleek and powerful Nespresso® compatible Coffee Pod Machine and matching Milk Frother to make sure you’re getting the very best from your pods, making fuller-bodied, barista-style coffees. 

This is also a gentle reminder that for the best peppermint mocha, you can find our new compostable mocha coffee pods here. 

We're big on our at-home coffee recipes. You can find them all here. 

Check out our full Grind Guide to Christmas Drinks here.