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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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Time Cupsoul: Weekend Reads [“The World Atlas of Coffee”]
Experiencing a time cupsoul is all about finding time that sparks inspiration, passion, illumination, serenity and escape. A visit to a coffee shop or chocolatier certainly may ignite this sense of creativity, but there is another avenue, via reading. “The World Atlas of Coffee” by James Hoffmann is a perfect example of a time cupsoul in a book. The design of “The World Atlas of Coffee” is stunning, filled with gorgeous pictures of coffee berries, coffee farms, latte art, and only the best high-definition images of the coffee world…
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Favorite American Chocolate Brands: Theo
The false traceability scandal at Mast Brothers Chocolate (summary here) recently turned a spotlight onto other United States chocolate makers. It is safe to say that Europe is cocoa’s “hub” in terms of (chocolate) bar-making history and manufacturer legacy. Yet, the USA has numerous large chocolate companies, and furthermore, birthed many specialty and smaller “craft” chocolate makers besides Mast Brothers within the past decade or two. Time Cupsoul sets out to explore the best of American chocolate in the coming weeks. One place to find unique chocolate bars…
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Time Cupsoul Tuesday Tune!
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Time Cupsoul Tuesday Tune!
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Time Cupsoul Tuesday Tune!
This video is bilingual! Wait for the English chorus 🙂 “I believe in love and I believe in luck. Just because I’m home doesn’t mean I give up. I’ll just sip on my coffee watching all of my worries go passing by. Even if it rains or the sun is shining, every dark cloud has a silver lining. Just sip on my coffee watching all of my worries go passing by.”
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Monday Melt: Inspiring Chocolate Poster
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Dark Chocolate! Current Favorite: Justin’s
Starbucks’ breakfast containers sometimes include Justin’s brand peanut butter or almond butter packets and they are delicious. Naturally, dark chocolate peanut butter cups by the same brand immediately sparked my interest. These peanut butter cups are delectable. The deliciousness of Justin’s creamy and wholesome organic peanut butter inside of a tasteful organic and fair trade dark chocolate cup is satisfying for sugar and salt lovers. Sea salt is balanced by bitter notes of dark chocolate and it just works. These unique peanut butter cups are great for a salty-sweet treat. Also of…
