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This digital gift card can be used for any products in the Science Of Chocolate online shop such as exquisite premium chocolate bars, drink mixes, books, gift boxes, and much more. This gift card does not apply to services such as private virtual tasting bookings or virtual lesson bookings.
You will have the choice to email this digital gift card to yourself, or right to the recipient. The email you receive will include a notice of the gift card along with a unique code which can be applied to payment during checkout.
Enjoy on your own, or for up to 12 people (depending on how much chocolate you’re willing to share!). Makes a wonderful gift as well!
Choose between 4 or 6 full bars.
Choose number of extra handouts and flavour wheels (optional)
In the form, choose the type of chocolate (all dark, dark and milk, or a mix of dark/milk/flavoured) and leave any notes for dietary requests (all vegan, no gluten, etc.)
Kit includes:
A selection of fine craft chocolate from artisan bean-to-bar chocolate makers
Informative tasting guide (with optional link to watch guided video)
Flavour wheel keepsake
Petite paper flowers
Comes in beautiful black box with golden yellow sleeve and tissue paper
Each bar can be divided for up to 12 people, which works out to about 4-5 grams per person at 12 people. If you are sharing with less people, you will have more chocolate per person.
Each kit automatically comes with one handout and one flavour wheel. If this is enough, then choose “no extra handout/flavour wheel”. If you wish to have more, select the number of extra handouts/flavour wheels you wish to have.
For example, if you choose “4 bars” and “3 more of each” for the handouts/flavour wheels, your box will include 4 chocolate bars, 4 handouts, and 4 flavour wheels. If you wish to share handouts/flavour wheels to save money, you can!
Everything is included in one box.
The handout includes some links/QR codes if you wish to watch some instructional video, but this is not required if you wish to use it in areas you have no access to internet.
Chocolate Gift Box
I choose from my curated selection of fine chocolate bars. Consider adding on an virtual video chat to your order! Adding an experience makes the gift so much more memorable and educational.
This gift box includes:
7 premium bean to bar craft chocolate bars from our online shop. You will have the option to choose the type of bars you want (dark, milk, flavoured, a mix, no dairy, no nuts, no gluten etc.)
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
You have the option to choose between all dark, all milk, mix of both, all plant-based, no nuts, no gluten, and more. Feel free to customize the types of chocolates you want. You will be prompted to do so when you add this item to your cart.
Buy this for yourself, or as a gift for family & friends. If this is a gift for someone else, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address in the checkout form). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Enjoy the beautifully crafted bean-to-bar chocolate by Canadian Makers across the country.
This gift box includes:
Your choice of 3 or 5 chocolate bars made in Canada by Canadian chocolate makers.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Ingredients
This gift set defaults to include dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and flavoured chocolate bars. If you have any dietary requests or questions, be sure to leave it in the notes section when you checkout.
Other Notes
Buy this for yourself, or as a gift for family & friends. If this is a gift for someone else, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address in the checkout form). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Price is subject to applicable taxes and shipping.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Many think of chocolate only as a sweet or desert. History tells us another story. The Mesoamericans enjoyed chocolate in their foods such as tamales or with fish. The Italians made chocolate anchovy lasagna. I recommend charcuterie. Imagine single-origin chocolate with unique profiles like wine or coffee, or cheese and cured meats. Enjoy trying each food on its own, and them mix and match to pair them and discover lovely unique flavour combinations!
This gift set includes:
Three (3) chocolate bars that will complement cheese and meat.
All natural freeze dried cheese (real cheese simply dehydrated for a lovely crunch).
A package of premium beef jerky. Only 3 ingredients (beef, salt, pepper). No sulphites, no preservatives, and lower in salt than other jerky.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Some would say hazelnuts and cocoa are a match made in heaven. The idea of combining hazelnuts and chocolate (gianduja) was invented in Northern Italy in the 19th Century. Today, we don’t need to go to Italy to enjoy premium chocolate hazelnut products. These three are made right here in Canada, and are sublime!
This Gift Box Includes:
Two (2) hazelnut chocolate bars (contain dairy) and 1 delicious hazelnut chocolate spread (dairy-free).
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three (3) high-percentage dark chocolate bars. This means bars will be 75% and higher cocoa bean content up to 100%.
Cocoa beans have some of the highest antioxidant levels of all our foods. High-percentage dark chocolate has a higher concentration of these. If your recipient enjoys darker chocolates and not much sugar, these bars will be perfect for them. Packed full of nutrients as well as deep complex flavour beyond just “cocoa”.
Ingredients
This gift set includes chocolate bars that contain cocoa bean and a small amount of sugar or none at all. No bars will contain nuts, dairy, or gluten. If you have other dietary requests or questions, be sure to leave it in the “notes” section when at the checkout.
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three bars which will included spiced (warm spices like cinnamon) and spicy (hot) flavoured chocolate bars. These bars are dairy-free.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
This Gift Box Includes:
Three (3) or five (5) single-origin dark chocolate bars with cacao of Caribbean origin. Selection will include single-origin darks and some dark and/or milk flavoured bars. You have the option to specify dietary requests.
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.
Maker: Aroko Chocolate based in Riese Pio X, Italy with strong connections in Venezuela.
Watch this Interview with Johonny of Aroko Chocolate!
Made with Trinitario cacao but also genetic input from ancestral Criollo (Porcelana, Bocadillo, Guasare) grown near Lake Maracaibo in Zulia, Venezuela.
Ingredients: Sur del Lago Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Natural Venezuelan Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Ripe Fruit, Plum, Almonds, Walnuts, Red Flowers.
50g
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Maker: Cacaoworks based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Cacao is of Trinitario & Chumphon 1 varieties grown in Chanthaburi, Thailand
Ingredients: Cacao Nibs, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Tropical Fruits, Citrus, Brown Sugar. Others suggest raspberry jam, nutty, peanut.
60g
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Made with cacao from Costa Esmeralda, Ecuador.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Macadamia, Honeysuckle, Brownie.
Snacking chocolate is a way of enjoying fine chocolate that is casual and approachable yet still respecting the craft of well made bean-to-bar chocolate.
56g (2 oz)
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Levelez is a chocolate maker based in Tabasco, Mexico.
Cacao: Almendra blanca cacao from Teapa and Puxcatan in Tabasco, Mexico.
Ingredients: Organic cacao, organic cane sugar, cocoa butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Blueberries, raisins. Others suggest lychee, honey, cookie.
A lovely chocolate with mahogany colour and light fruity flavour, and a toasted backdrop. Smoothness is about a 3/5 with some slight detection of cocoa solids.
Levelez sources local cacao in the Tabasco region and crafts chocolate locally in Mexico. They challenge the idea of Mexican origin chocolate being very heavy, earthy, and intense. Their selection of cacao and processing techniques bring forth a new side of cacao origin chocolate.
60 g
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Chocolate Metiche is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker based in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cacao: Single-Estate grown by the farm of Don Eder in Soconusco, Chiapas with Criollo Cacao.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cacao Butter.
70 g
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Maker: Qantu Chocolate based in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Made with cacao from Amazonas, Peru.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Toffee & Orange Blossom. Others suggest herbs, botanicals, floral, slight fruity.
Pairing Suggestions: Yogurt (room temperature), rum, savory herbs.
50 g
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Maker Origin: Ruvido is based in Trezzo sull’Adda, Italy just East of Milano. They have a unique and unorthodox method and approach which pushes the boundaries of fine chocolate today.
Made with Trinitario single-Estate cacao from Agua Escondida in Tabasco, Mexico. Cacao is grown in a agroforestry system and fermented in Tabebuia Rosea wood boxes done by Revival Cacao.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Raw Cane Sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Raisin. Rum. Other’s suggest dried fig.
Texture: Ruvido has a unique approach resulting in a texture that is rough and wild, so don’t expect a traditional silky smooth chocolate. It truly is an experience.
50g (1.76 Oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Liquor, Cacao Butter, Cane Sugar, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: The Dark beyond is made from a higher roast Peruvian origin bean. It’s a little more of a deeper flavour with a fruity finish compared to the Mellow Dark.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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Maker Origin: ShawZ Chocolate is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Oats, Cane Sugar, Vanilla.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A beautiful smooth silky vegan white chocolate. Not overly sweet like other white chocolates.
FREE of dairy, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or GMOs.
50g (1.76 oz)
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Maker Origin: Utopia Tropical based in Brazil. Watch this interview with Julian of Utopia Tropical.
Made with cacao from Tocantins River in Pará, Brazil. Communities living on the island off the coast of the city Mocajuba harvest the native cacao. The local fermentation facility is built on stilts over the river because the water is the only area with direct sunlight to dry them.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Dried Fruit, Plum, Jujube, Floral, Herb, Cream.
70g (2.5 oz)
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Maker Origin: A-Typica Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from France with ties to Martinique.
Made with cacao from the Caribbean.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Nutmeg, Tonka Bean.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A very warm and spiced profile that is not too sweet either.
200g (7.05 oz)
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Maker Origin: A-Typica Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from France with ties to Martinique.
Made with cacao from the L’Esterre plantation in the North East side of Grenada.
Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Cane Sugar from Martinique, Ginger and turmeric caramelized with cane sugar.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Pieces of the caramelized ginger and turmeric are spread across the back of the bar. The more earthy profile of the Grenada cacao balances well with the sharper brighter ginger and turmeric flavours.
60g (2.12 oz)
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Maker: Allo Simonne based in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, Organic Cane Sugar, Jaguar Dark Chocolate (70% theobroma bicolor, Organic Cane Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Organic Cocoa Butter, Vanilla Beans), Cocoa Powder, Vanilla Beans, Sea Salt.
The best chocolate hazelnut spread I’ve ever tasted. Tastes like a creamy milky hazelnut spread, but there is absolutely no dairy, so this product is 100% plant-based. The addition of cacao’s cousin, Jaguar beans (Theobroma bicolor) adds that extra creamy and nutty flavour. If you love gianduja, you will need to sit down while eating this. Spread it on toast, crackers, cookies, add it to your fruit or oatmeal bowl, blend it in a smoothie or even hot chocolate. The possibilities are endless. Impeccable. Puts all other chocolate hazelnut spreads you find at grocery stores to shame.
And if you don’t like it? Well, we likely can’t be friends.
220 g
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Maker: Cacaoworks based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Cacao is from the Madagascar Sambriano Valley.
Cacaoworks makes their own black garlic from whole Alberta-grown Russian Red organic garlic. Black garlic originated in Korea, and is made by very slowly “cooking” the garlic over weeks at a low heat until the cloves turn soft and black and taste like a balsamic reduction with garlic. It’s sweet, tart, and one-of-a-kind. Cacaoworks takes their black garlic and pairs it with their Madagascar Origin cacao which is also sweet and tart/fruity. It’s a beautiful and unique balance of aromas and ingredients. Goes wonderfully on a charcuterie or cheese board, and pairs very well with a bright fruity red wine.
Ingredients: Cocoa Mass, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Garlic.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Garlic, Balsamic, Sweet, Fruity, Tart.
60g
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Buttermilk, Pineapple.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A beautiful golden tan white chocolate with a sweet creamy toasted buttermilk flavour that melts divinely. For added brightness, there are chunks of sweet dried pineapple on the back which works wonderfully with the cookie flavour of the buttermilk white chocolate.
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker Origin: Carobeans is a bean-to-bar maker from Minnesota, USA. Watch this interview with owner Caroline.
Made with fine cacao from Kokoa Kamili co-op in Tanzania.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Grapefruit Peel, Organic Ginger, Sea Salt.
Suggested Flavour Notes: The already fruity Tanzanian cacao marries well with the fragrant grapefruit peel and spicy ginger.
55g (1.94 oz)
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Maker: Feitoria Do Cacao based in Portugal.
Made with cacao from São Tomé and Príncipe and sea salt from Aveiro, Portugal (Same city as Feitoria Do Cacao).
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter.
Suggested Flavour Notes: Intense and Fruity.
50g
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Maker: Feitoria Do Cacao based in Portugal.
Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Skim Milk Powder, Azorean Whole Milk Powder, Cane Sugar, Green Tea.
Both the matcha and tokujou-sencha teas are grown on a plantation in Miyazaki, Japan, by the Morimoto’s. The matcha is blended into the white chocolate, and the tokujou-sencha tea leaves are added as an inclusion and left whole for their crunch.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A lovely matcha profile that is not too sweet as other matcha bars. In fact, the bar itself lends a more herbaceous/earthy tea flavour as opposed to a typical sweet matcha chocolate.
50g
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Almonds, Organic Gluten-Free Oats, Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Lemon, Nutmeg.
Suggested Flavour Notes: A creamy comforting white chocolate with burst of butter and vanilla with just the right amount of sweetness.
50g (1.7 oz)
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Maker Origin: Harvest Chocolate is a bean-to-bar maker from Michigan, USA. Watch this interview with owners Matt and Elizabeth.
Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cane Sugar, Almonds, Cinnamon.
Inspired by Grandma’s classic cinnamon custard pie. Simple yet so aromatic and comforting.
50g (1.7 oz)
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Chocolate and hazelnut is a childhood favourite of mine. This is more than simply coating hazelnuts in dark chocolate. The hazelnuts are well roasted and candied for an extra crunch. Then they are hand coated with two layers. The first layer is a hazelnut almond gianduja, and the second coat is a 73% Nicaragua-origin dark chocolate. Finally, they are lightly tossed in cocoa powder. Rustic but divine.
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, Sugar, Almond, Milk Powder, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Coconut Oil, Cocoa Powder.
Contains tree nuts and dairy.
80g and 250g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Pumpkin seeds may sound a bit boring, but toast them up and lightly coat them in caramelized sugar, and you have a delightful tasty crunch. These candied pumpkin seeds were coated in a deep flavoured matcha chocolate, and tossed in an even deeper matcha coating to balance off the sweet matcha white chocolate.
Ingredients: Pumpkin Seeds, Cane Sugar, Matcha White Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Milk Powder, Matcha Tea Powder, Green Tea), Coconut Oil, Matcha, Maca Root, Tapioca.
Contains dairy.
80g or 250g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Inspired by the popular strawberry matcha latte, but in crunch form. Candied roasted pistachio hand tossed in a deep matcha chocolate and then lightly tossed in a delicate coating of freeze dried strawberry powder.
Ingredients: Organic Pistachios, Cane Sugar, Matcha Chocolate (Cocoa butter, Sugar, Milk Powder, Matcha Tea Powder, Green Tea), Coconut Oil, Freeze Dried Strawberry, Maca Root, Tapioca.
Contains tree nuts and dairy.
80g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Think outside the chocolate box!
There’s nothing that gets me more excited in the chocolate kitchen than using chocolate in a more savoury way. I first tried cheese and chocolate in truffle form back in 2015 at a shop I worked at as a chocolatier. It was odd, but oddly satisfying. Since then I loved hosting cheese and chocolate pairings.
Hence, here we have a truly savoury dragee. Freeze dried cheddar and smoked gouda coated in a black pepper dark chocolate. Goes well as a snack to your sandwich or with a glass of wine or fresh tomato juice.
Ingredients: Freeze Dried Cheese, Pepper Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Pepper), Cocoa Powder.
80g
Contains dairy.
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Golden berries are a bigger more tart version of a cranberry, and golden yellow. On their own they make you pucker, but hand coated in dark chocolate and dusted with a little strawberry and they are just perfect. They are coated in a 73% Nicaragua origin dark chocolate.
Ingredients: Golden Berries, Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Freeze Dried Strawberry, Maca, Tapioca.
Dairy-Free. Nut-Free.* May contain traces of nuts.
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80g
The SOC Test Kitchen are small-batch chocolate experiments for you to enjoy. Some products may be reoccurring, slightly altered in proceeding batches, or a one-off.
Handmade, exquisitely painted, and imported all the way from Venezuela. These beautiful and realistic wooden cocoa pod replicas are made by Venezuelan artist Gabriel from Beltran Cacao Maker. Please visit his Instagram page to see carves and creates these pods. Gabriel is well known in the craft bean-to-bar chocolate realm for his unique pods, which have made their way into many fine chocolate shops and tasting rooms around the world.
These works of art work would make for a beautiful home décor for the serious chocolate connoisseur, a lovely showpiece or art display, as well as the ultimate educational tool for your shop or chocolate tasting room. These pods come in two halves with a removable fruit pulp center.
Approximately 9” long by 4.5” wide.
Handmade, exquisitely painted, and imported all the way from Venezuela. These beautiful and realistic wooden cocoa pod replicas are made by Venezuelan artist Gabriel from Beltran Cacao Maker. Please visit his Instagram page to see carves and creates these pods. Gabriel is well known in the craft bean-to-bar chocolate realm for his unique pods, which have made their way into many fine chocolate shops and tasting rooms around the world.
These mini hand crafted wooden cacao pods measure about 9 cm long. Colour may not be exactly as shown.
Hazel Lee is the creator of the beautiful Taste With Colour Flavour maps. This is a print of a water colour painting by Hazel Lee. Cocoa pods come in a spectrum of genetic types, shapes, and colours. This beautiful painting would make a wonderful addition to the home of any chocolate enthusiast!
This is printed on a quality smooth 160gsm paper. It is packaged within a biodegradable plant-based pouch.
It is recommended to frame this work to preserve it and showcase it in your home or shop!
The image measures approximately 12” x 8” (30 x 21 cm).
The print will be shipped flat within corrugated cardboard.
Lightweight fabric and wonderful as wall décor.
Maria Merian was a German illustrator and naturalist and drew many incredible botanical and animal illustrations dating back to the 18th Century.
This is one of her cacao illustrations which captivates an elegance and beauty that is cocoa.
Size: Approximately 60x50 inches. Includes tapestry only (no hangers or rings).
Lightweight fabric and wonderful as wall décor.
Luis Egidio Meléndez, known as the greatest Spanish still-life artist of the 18th Century, depicts a still life including a chocolate pot where chocolate was frothed and served in Europe at the time. It wasn’t until the 19th Century where people ate chocolate in solid form. This image depicts a time when chocolate was still viewed as a drink and served up hot and frothy.
Size: Approximately 60x50 inches. Includes tapestry only (no hangers or rings).
Lightweight fabric and wonderful as wall décor.
Francois Boucher was a French painter of the 18th Century. His beautiful style is certainly depicted here in this painting of high society enjoying some chocolate in the form they took it: as a drink. The decorative and intricate elegance of the room and clothing exemplifies the elegance of flavour found only in fine chocolate.
Size: Approximately 60x50 inches. Includes tapestry only (no hangers or rings).
Froth is key to making the perfect hot chocolate or mocha. In fact, some Mesoamericans thousands of years ago thought the froth was the most important part of their drinking chocolate. There are many ways to build froth in your drinks at home, and you can read about some ideas here. The rotating frother is one such tool.
Watch this video where I show you how well this frother works and how to use it.
This nifty device is a manual frother that spins when you push down on the handle. You can use it to beat your hot milk frothy before pouring it over your chocolate and frothing it a few more times. Or, you can add your grated chocolate or hot chocolate mix into the hot milk and press until you have reached the froth desired. It may be beneficial to froth it in a separate tall slender container first, and pour it into your cup. However, if your mug is big enough, you can froth it in the same mug you will drink from.
Stainless steel. No batteries or electricity required. Perfect for camping. Easy and fun to use.
Size: 10” long.
Froth is key to making the perfect hot chocolate or mocha. In fact, some Mesoamericans thousands of years ago thought the froth was the most important part of their drinking chocolate. There are many ways to build froth in your drinks at home, and you can read about some ideas here. The rotating frother is one such tool.
Watch this video where I show you how well this frother works and how to use it.
This frother does a great job whipping up your milk and/or hot chocolate. Ideally, place a couple table spoons of your grated drinking chocolate into the mug. Then, pour in your boiled milk and froth it up by moving the frother up and down to incorporate as much air as possible. Froth it for 1-2 minutes for a beautiful texture.
Plastic & stainless steel. Batteries not included (2 x AA)
Size: ~9” long.
The best way to make a hot chocolate is to froth up a good quality grated chocolate with milk or milk substitute. A wonderful easy and effective way to do this is to use the steam wand on your espresso machine. Just be sure, as you always should, to purge your steam wand right after each use. Always refer to your instructions of your espresso machine or frother.
Fill the pitcher to the desired amount of milk
Add in 1-2 spoons of grated dark chocolate
Steam and froth your milk as you normally would
Give the pitcher a good swirl/shake and pour into your cup or over a shot of espresso for the perfect mocha.
These beautiful golden pitchers are engraved on both sides with scales (in ml). Can be used to froth milk, make hot chocolate, mochas, cappuccinos, and lattes.
Available in 550 ml and 350 ml
Beautiful spoons to use for serving and stirring your drinking chocolates. Available in gold and rose gold. Size: about 5 inches or 14 cm long.
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A wonderful gift for someone who wants to cozy up with a mug of drinking chocolate and good book to learn more about chocolate! Gift set includes:
1 Dark or Milk Chocolate Bar
1 Package of Hot Chocolate/Drinking Chocolate (Dairy Free)
The True History of Chocolate by Coe and Coe
All the gift-set add-ons (tasting guide, flavour wheel poem keepsake, storing guide, paper flowers, tongs, sticker, tissue and stuffing)
Optional: Battery operated electric frother. Batteries not included
Other Notes
If this is a gift for someone, you have the option to add a message (be sure to also include their shipping address if it is going directly to them). A paper invoice will not be included for Canadian and USA destinations.
This is not a subscription. This is a one-time purchase gift set.
Bars are chosen according to your preference, current availability, and may not be the bars shown in the images.