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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
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    Óbolo’s Merkén Smoked Chili Chocolate Bar Scores with Special Spice

    June 13, 2020 / No Comments

    Óbolo Chocolate Makers' 65% Dark Chocolate Merkén Smoked Chili bar with "authentic, smoked chili pepper from Chile's indigenous Mapuche culture," has rocked our world. This bar is spicy and alive! We can't wait to share more thoughts with you.

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    Omnom Chocolate Reykjavík Raises the Holiday Chocolate “Bar”

    December 20, 2019 / No Comments
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    A year ago in October, we were in Paris and it was absolute magic. It was a last minute decision. A purely incredible deal on Iceland Air. (Note that if you’re willing to stop-over in Reykjavík while en-route to another destination, airfare can be a bargain, and you can even extend your trip, apparently with zero penalty.) Don’t get us started on how magical Paris was, but this post is about a different landscape — a frozen dusk with quiet, twinkling stars, warm, crackling firelight, snow falling —…

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    Chocolates Para Ti: Bolivian Milk Bar – Happily Evokes a Chocolate Milkshake

    June 8, 2019 / No Comments

    Happy summer from the bellows of Washington, DC where the mosquitoes have started to buzz around all of us and the fireflies are officially out. It’s been quite a wet and stormy spring here and we’re so excited for June. Lately, we haven’t stopped enjoying glorious sunsets beyond the national monument, sight-seeing and shopping in the city… and of course, nibbling on chocolate galore.

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    Harping on Harper Macaw, DC Chocolate Maker

    September 14, 2018 / No Comments

    We've already been harping on Harper Macaw, yet we simply must harp some more. And if we had a real harp, well yes, we would henceforth strum its beautiful strings and sing a romantic ballad to this DC brand. 

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    Ruby Chocolate: The First Taste Test…!

    May 2, 2018 / No Comments

    Time Cupsoul could not wait. Was the historical chocolate bar just moments from the lips?

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    Patric Chocolate: Browned-Butter Bar Happiness

    March 17, 2018 / No Comments

    It’s St. Patrick’s Day today, and the name of this brand is Patric Chocolate, not “St. Patric(k)’s” Chocolate, but let’s go with it; this is some magical Leprechaun-worthy cocoa. Patric Chocolate is special. It’s “American Handcrafted Chocolate,” est. 2006 by Alan “Patric” McClure out of Columbia Missouri, USA. According to the interior of the chocolate bar packaging, Alan spent a year in France in his mid-twenties learning about chocolate. As of 2017, the brand has been rewarded Good Food Awards every year, making it the most decorated craft food…

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    Back to Human Dark Chocolate – Total Eclipse of the Taste Buds

    August 23, 2017 / 2 Comments

    The Back to Human chocolate bar branding seemed only fitting for the solar eclipse this week. What better time to feel as wild, insignificant, whole and alive than a human during a solar eclipse?

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    La Naya Chocolate: Delicious Experience for Taste-buds and Thoughts Alike

    May 21, 2017 / 2 Comments

    It goes without question that La Naya's chocolate bars have the most distinct and beautiful chocolate bar shape/mold in the current market. Reminiscent of a geodes or a cut jewel, this bar's shape is unforgettable.

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