But then I remembered that what passes for hot chocolate in the U.S, even at high-end coffee shops, tends to be cheap cocoa powder mixed with milk, or worse, water.

• 不过后来我才想起来，美国的热巧克力大多数都是由廉价的可可粉混合牛奶甚至兑水制成的，就连有些高档的咖啡屋也不例外。