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Espuma No. 91 – Christmas Season Greetings
Hello coffee and chocolate lovers. It’s been a beautiful year for us, and we so appreciate your patience as we took a pretty significant hiatus this past season. It’s our fervent hope to return to regular posts in 2024 on this blog/site. Expect more weekly Espumas, reviews and articles.
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12% OFF ALL CHOCOLATE: Our Picks from the Best Anniversary Sale
Bar & Cocoa’s anniversary sale has arrived and gives 12% almost everything until September 23rd! Why should the fashion sector have all of the fun with anniversary sales? After all, craft chocolate is a luxury sector, too, and like fashion, it has new collections that come out every season. Why not take advantage of this sale to stock up on some delicious chocolate to enjoy at home? Here are our picks, one per chocolate category.
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Taza Chocolate is Worth Toting on Your Travels
It's another East Coast chocolate bar up for review today: Taza Chocolate, based out of Somerville, Massachusetts. This chocolate bar is very unique in its circular shape and texture. The bar is "stone ground," meaning that the cocoa beans are "unrefined" and "minimally processed," according to the labeling on the package.
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Luisa Abram Wild Chocolate – The Newest Chocolate to Beat
"Wild chocolate from the Brazilian Amazon." Specifically, Rio Acará, the Acará River. 81% chocolate, a Bronze medal winner from the Academy of Chocolate in 2021. This Luisa Abram bar promised to be delicious.
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Askinosie Chocolate Is Awesome! Where to Buy it in Washington, DC
Explosive vanilla qualities unfurl with each bite, bringing a unique sweet and slightly sour zest to the bar, and morphing the overall flavor experience into notes reminiscent of sugar: maple and molasses.
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Top 5 Frozen “Hot Chocolates” & Iced Mochas in Washington, DC
Maybe you're out and about in the city and want something chocolate-y and refreshing. Stop at one of these amazing DC stores for either an iced or frozen chocolate-themed drink this summer.
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Check Your Local Shop for Chequessett Chocolate; This Cape Cod Craft Chocolate Company Makes Divine Bars
Once in a while, an experience of wonderment happens to us with chocolate. And it definitely happened when we saw the Chequessett Chocolate bar packaging, molding and then also tasted the cocoa. Chequessett chocolate is incredible.
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Espuma No. 58
A weekly curated collection of coffee & chocolate themed articles, items and thoughts. Just the cappuccino froth. For your weekend.
