3 cups water
1-3/4 cups sugar
2 TB brewed espresso or strong coffee
2 TB unsweetened cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
10 oz dark chocolate, chopped fine or use chips
1 tsp vanilla extract
Add the first 5 ingredients to a medium pot, whisk together and bring to a low simmer. Add the chopped chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla. Strain into a bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
When completely cooled, process sorbet mixture in an ice cream freezer according to the manufacturer's directions.
If you don't have an ice cream freezer, pour the sorbet mixture into a long, shallow pan like a casserole dish. Place in freezer. About once an hour, stir the sorbet with a fork. This sorbet will have larger textured ice crystals like a granita but is still delicious