other notes…

In my haste to write my first blog piece, i left out some other things that i have been working on with chocolate. Specifically a few of the flavors that i have been pondering and playing with as of late. Will be showcasing these new creations, as well as bringing one back. The Havanna:::some of you may remember this chocolate. It is our homage to tobacco and was originally brought about by the lovely folks at Trio Vintners by request. It was designed to meld with those deep dark “cigar-box” tobacco notes found in their Syrah. It took me a while to figure this preparation out and i settled on a infusion of pure Dominican cigar tobacco, fresh vanilla bean(Mexican), and a touch of dark Meyers rum. It will be back in the shop for Spring release weekend. In addition we will be adding the Violet truffle, which was a suggestion from our friends at Lost River Winery in Mazama. Viva la Nebbiolo!!! Also the debut of a Mole chocolate. I have been talking  with Ryan at Tertulia cellars for some time about this one. It is going to be incredible. Deep. Dark. Nutty. Smoky. Spicy. Intense. MMMMMMole! Lan bought me some cool new ganache frames, so i may try and use those for this one. So it should look really different than most of our other chocolates. Hope you all get to try a few. Cheers.