It’s Thursday, so it must be December–
November is so passe. The display in the window
was Fall yesterday and will become Winter today.
Appropriately… the temperature’s dropped
from 60 to “cool;” sometime soon there’ll be
snow on the way.
Man,what doggerel. You’re not coming for the free verse, anyway; You’re coming in for the warm frothy bowls of drinking chocolate and the most excellent bonbons, truffle and bars. And today, you’re coming in for the fresh brioche served with chocolate sauce with fruity Spanish olive oil and sea salt.
Drinking Chocolates of the Day
Tangorine
A blend of 64% Dominican Republic and Madagascar dark chocolates with fresh tangerines from Mom Tango’s tree in California and a hint of Calvados and apple cider syrup in pure water.
Misty Moon
64% Dominican Republic dark chocolate and 40% Jivara milk chocolate blended with Bartlett Farms whole milk from Concord, NH
Today’s Bonbons
Kalamansi Dancers
Kalamansi, a tiny orange citrus, from my mother’s tree in Florida, caramelized with Japanese sencha green tea and hand-steeped Guatemalan vanilla and finished in precious Palmira Plantation chocolate from Venezuela. Limited edition of 40 pieces. 3.75 ea
A Little Heat
Cobenero chilis, Mexican softstick cinnamon and a hint of Mexican oregano in precious 60% Danta chocolate from the Los Ujuxtes plantation of Guatemala. Now a little hotter, , by the way. 3.50 ea
Espresso!
Coffee beans from Nashua’s Riverwalk Roasters steeped in earthy Dominican Republic chocolate, hand-dipped, and finished with elegant yellow tracings of cocoa butter. 2.50 ea
Gianduja
Pronounced “zhawn-due’-yuh,” this is Tuscany’s favorite style of chocolate–I’ve layered milk and white chocolates ground together with almonds and maple syrup from Ben’s Sugar Shack in Temple, New Hampshire. Rich, creamy and almondy. 1.50 ea.
Grazie!
Gianduja to the max! Laura and I dipped squares of our layered gianduja in our house blend Tango dark chocolate. and decorated each with the tiniest dot of pure Ivoire white chocolate. 2.50 ea.
Today’s Bars
Premier Bars
Cacao Tao, Jade, Sel 12.00 ea
Signature Bars
Plums, Cherries, Coffee & Cream, Milk. 10.00 ea.
Tasting Squares
Tango, Ivoire & Nibs, Jivara milk, Palmira Planation. .75 – 1.50 ea