• 2 cups water
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 hot red chili pepper, halved and seeded

Place the water and sugar in a medium saucepan, stirring until the sugar dissolves and bring it to a boil.

Add the chocolate, cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chili, stirring with a whisk and gently bring it to a simmer for 1 minute.

Take off the heat and allow it to infuse for 10 minutes, and strain to remove the chili and the cinnamon stick.

Whip the hot chocolate in a blender.

Serve immediately in large cups, or pour into a container to cool.

Hot chocolate can be made up to 2 days ahead and kept tightly covered in the refrigerator.

To reheat the chilled chocolate, pour it into a medium saucepan, set the pan over low heat, and bring it to a slow boil.

Remove the pan from the heat, whip the chocolate for a minute in a blender.

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