Chocoware
Zen - Art of hot chocholate making
About PRoject
The ritual of making hot- chocolate is reduced to mere opening a sachet and putting it in the hot milk or water. This has hampered experiencing of fragrance and taste of real chocolate. Chocó- ware is a set of glass and ceramic tableware that is specially designed for making hot chocolate so that the maker can have an enhanced experience of having hot chocolate. The set consists of a bowl, kettle, whisker, cups & saucer and small pots.
Chocoware
Hot chocolate making set
The steps for making hot-chocolate
Chop the chocolate into small pieces (or use grated/crushed chocolate flakes) and add to the mixing bowl. To it using the kettle slowly add hot milk containing sugar and vanilla flavouring. Add the hot milk mixture in small quantities to the bowl regularly mixing the mixture using the whisker (to melt the chocolate). When the chocolate milk mixture has reached the desired rich consistency add sugar and the desired flavourings like vanilla, lime juice, orange juice, cinnamon etc. Rich hot-chocolate can be served in specially designed en-clusive cups with chocolate sticks. Use chocolate sticks to stir and more flavour to your drink.
The design process
The ZEN design method (Bruens, 2nd ed. 2011)
About PRoject
This new set aims to bring back experience to the ritual of making and drinking hot chocolate in an improved way. The en-clusive cups are also specially designed so that the handle doesn't come in the way of experiencing the warmth of the hot chocolate. The set allows the users to follow the fixed steps thus he doesn't need to remember recipe but still can also give his own touch to the recipe. The project was undertaken for the course formstudy 4 - ‘Zen and the art of design’; where the ritual of making hot chocolate was analyzed to develop the final product.