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Category: A Day in the Life

A Chocolatier’s Blog, or A Series of semi-random events in an ongoing quest for happiness and chocolate.

October 23, 2020October 24, 2020A Day in the Life, At Our Cafe

Croissant Saturday: Opening at NOON

We open a bit late on croissant Saturday, to give us time to get all those beautiful croissants made, proofed, and baked. […]

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020A Day in the Life, Chocolate Bars

Heirloom Chocolate

Heirloom chocolate bars. HCP no. 11 pure criollo from Belize. We get notes of chiles, toasted sesame, and allspice.#coquicacao #beantobonbon #heirloomcacao @heirloomcacao […]

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020A Day in the Life, At Our Cafe

What’s Up?

(Just ’cause we haven’t been vocal doesn’t mean we’re not busy.) I’m experimenting with ground chocolate incorporated early in a wheat sponge […]

October 13, 2020October 27, 2020A Day in the Life, What's In My Box

Painting The Dead

Rachel’s painting THE DEAD: spicy caramel skulls. One is heirloom chile caramel in cinnamon-infused housemade white chocolate, while the other is dark […]

Bread
September 24, 2020September 26, 2020A Day in the Life

Bread this Week

We’re making small-farm wheat with New Hampshire maple and milk chocolate. Ready at 1pm on Friday.

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020A Day in the Life

Captain

Waxing poetic today. I offer up a bit of verse.

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020A Day in the Life

Mornings

EVERY MORNING begins the same way. Arrange flowers for the tables. Feed The Beast (our bread and croissant starter. On Wednesdays The […]

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020A Day in the Life, At Our Cafe

Samurai Baker

BREAD, SCONES, & SAMURAI. This week’s bread is rich with yolks, cognac, and ground cacao. Ready at 1pm tomorrow… reserve your loaf […]

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Finding Good Chocolate

The Cookbook Project

Featuring Dancing Lion Chocolate Listen to the podcast * Read the book

Chocolate As Art

The Gift of Creativity in Collaboration
December 19, 2016

Past Bars

Past Bonbons

The Shop is Closed

Bars and bonbons are finished, the cafe is no more--
We've wrapped up production and closed up the store.

Watch this Site for our Continuing Adventures...

Richard Tango-Lowy
Concepcion, Alajuela province, Atenas, Costa Rica


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