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  • Everything You Need To Know: Ceremonial Cacao
  • Washington, DC Neighborhood Coffee Guides
    • ♡ Dupont Circle
    • ♡ Downtown DC
    • ♡ 14th + U ST
    • ♡ Adams Morgan
    • ♡ Georgetown
    • ♡ National Zoo
    • ♡ Shaw, Mt. Vernon and Convention Center
  • About
  • Everything You Need To Know: Ceremonial Cacao
  • Washington, DC Neighborhood Coffee Guides
    • ♡ Dupont Circle
    • ♡ Downtown DC
    • ♡ 14th + U ST
    • ♡ Adams Morgan
    • ♡ Georgetown
    • ♡ National Zoo
    • ♡ Shaw, Mt. Vernon and Convention Center
  • About
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    This month, we read The Spanish Daughter, by Lorena Hughes, and paired it with a never-before-tasted Ecuadorian cacao: Amaure Chocolate. Neither bar nor book disappointed. In fact, both were, well, excellent.

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