French Hot Chocolate

Name: French Hot Chocolate
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: American, French
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups whole milk; 1 teaspoon espresso powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla paste (or vanilla extract); 1/2 teaspoon Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt (or 1/4 teaspoon Morton Kosher Salt or Sea Salt); 6 ounces high-quality 70% cocoa bittersweet chocolate* (such as Guittard | finely chopped); 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar (light or dark is fine); 1/2 cup heavy cream (chilled); 1/8 teaspoon vanilla paste (or vanilla extract)