Oh, chocolate—the elixir of life, food of the gods and now, right at your fingertips. Fremont’s beloved Theo Chocolate is offering classes on all things chocolate, including "Sinful and Good for You?" and "Chocolate for Nerds." If you complete all 12 classes, you’ll earn the Theo Degree of Chocolatology. How’s that for higher education? —Aislyn Greene
Add comment April 24th, 2009
Coffee is the elixir that warms the spirit, chocolate the sweetness that goes straight to the heart. Put them together and you have the ultimate perfect pairing, a match made in heaven, two halves that found each other.
Fremont-based Theo Chocolate and Capitol Hill local Caffé Vita joined forces to bring coffee and chocolate together in two ways: first, the Theo Blend of coffee, second, the Theo Coffee dark chocolate bar. The Theo Blend tastes like something spicy, smoky and chocolate-y. The chocolate bar is made with Caffé Vita coffee—literally made for union with Vita’s Theo Blend.
Theo Blend is $11, the Theo Coffee chocolate bar, $3.50. Either one a good gift for cupid to bring home on Saturday.
Available at Theo Chocolate, 3400 Phinney Ave. N., and all five Caffé Vita locations: Capitol Hill, 1005 E. Pike St.; Queen Anne, 815 Fifth Ave. N.; Fremont, 4301 Fremont Ave. N.; Seward Park, 5028 Wilson Ave. S.; and Olympia, 124 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia.
February 11th, 2009
A Grand Chocolate Tasting
Seattle’s first annual Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon—held July 13—was a feast of chocolate goodies attended by representatives from all Seattle media outlets. We tasted some fail-proof new favorites: decadent chocolate truffles in raspberry, chili and wine flavors that were found at almost every vendor. Our newfound cocoa loves, however, are bold flavors that surprisingly pleased our palettes.
The new Oliva truffle by local Fiori Chocolatiers features kalamata olive—a sweet concoction with a savory twist. Oh! Chocolate made many best-of lists with its pink peppercorn chocolate truffle, while Portland-based Alma Chocolate enticed us with its dark chocolate, basil, lemon and pine nut truffle. And Posh Chocolat, which came all the way from Montana, featured mojito, grand marnier, garam masala and coconut curry truffles.
Click on the links to find contact information for Fiori and Oh! Chocolate and watch for details for next year’s not-to-be-missed chocolate event at SeattleChocolateSalon.com.
New Chocolate Boutique
Until then, we’re excited to report more news in chocolate: Seattle’s newest artisan chocolate boutique on Queen Anne, Chocolopolis. With the store, founder Lauren Adler, a Washington, D.C.-native-turned-Seattleite, took her chocolate obsession to the next level. Chocolopolis features more than 200 bars of artisan chocolate by chocolate makers who make their chocolate from starting with the bean to the finished product. "It’s really about educating chocolate lovers about what makes good chocolate," Adler says.
Adler searched far and wide for the best chocolate around, including Fremont’s Theo Chocolates. Head inside the boutique to travel through different regions of chocolate bliss—Madagascar, Ecuador and Brazil to name a few—and savor chocolate from small American makers such as Amano from Salt Lake City, Italian makers Amedei and Domori, French maker Fracois Pralus and more. Chocolopolis also offers guided tastings and hosts occasional visits from the makers themselves. —Luci Masredjian
Chocolopolis
1527 Queen Anne Ave. N., (206) 792-6799
*Photos courtesy of Chocolopolis
Add comment August 21st, 2008
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