HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We’re very thankful for our newsletter subscribers, business partners, and all the people who have attended our chocolate tasting programs and walks this year. Best wishes for a great start to this holiday season.
HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
This year, why just give chocolates when you can give a chocolate experience? These certificates are good for any scheduled walking tours and are valid a year from the date of purchase. Go here www.chocolatetastingandmore.com/pay.htm to give a unique gift for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, or any other special occasion for the adult chocolate lovers in your life.
WINTER HIBERNATION
Chocolate Tasting and More indoor chocolate tastings and neighborhood walks are offered seasonally from March through November. Hard to believe another season of chocolate tasting has come and gone. Our programs may be taking a break, but our newsletter and blog will continue during the winter months.
CHOCO-WORD OF THE MONTH
Most of bar chocolates consist of a blend of cacao beans from different parts of the world. Single Origin chocolate, on the other hand, is made from beans from a specific country, such as Venezuela or Madagascar. It can also refer more to a particular region within a country such as the Sambirano valley in Madagascar or Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Here’s a fun activity for around the dinner table this holiday: Purchase a Pralus Pyramid of single origin chocolates in 50 or 5 gram tasting squares. You and your guests can then take a chocolate tasting tour around the world. They are available at Whole Foods Markets and in Portland at Cacao . Geography has never been so delicious!
A MORSEL OF NW CHOCOLATE HISTORY
Since 2002, Seattle Chocolates sales have tripled and can now be found at over 12,000 retail location in all 50 states. In the summer of 2008, a new line of package designs for their 15 different truffle bars were unveiled. These bright, bold and playful graphics emphasize the company’s motto: “What happiness tastes like.” Their signature “meltaway” centers melt at 76 degrees, 20 degrees lower than its outer shell. Located in the Emerald City, Seattle Chocolates employs 65 people and their factory and warehouse covers over 60,000 square feet
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