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Palate training & chocolate tasting starts my day. Chocolate blogger & craft chocolate enthusiast. In #Seattle or traveling.

Seattle, Washington, USA
Joined April 2011
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Extra salty chocolate covered caramels caramels with strong black tea... #breakfast #tea #chovolate #caramel
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We meet (online now) ⁣ We taste chocolate⁣ We chat & compare flavors⁣ We make friends ⁣ Want to join us? Link to next meet up with @TasteFruition : bit.ly/PNWChocolateSocietyOC… #unitedbychocolate ⁣ #pnwchocolatesociety⁣ #fruitionchocolate ⁣ Photo Credit: @TasteFruition
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Tea and chocolate. Chocolate and tea. Making my world go round today. #tea #chocolate – at Washington, USA
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Comparing and pairing. Port and Single origin Venezuelan chocolate. @williescacao Las Trincheras Gold, so smooth. . . . #port#chocolate #craftchocolate ift.tt/39UwofG
When you see a clear region and country of cacao origin on a chocolate label doesn’t it make you get all geography geeky? 🌎 🤓Me too, I just have to look up where this chocolate started it’s journey. 🌎❤️🍫 . . . ##beantobar #beantobarchocolate #chocola… ift.tt/2T1Lc5u
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Belize single origin sipping chocolate calls me back again and again. @ritualchocolatecafe . . . #beantocup #belize #sippingchocolate #ritualchocolate #brownie ift.tt/3bIswQV
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I spy @whimsychocolates in @parkcity_utah at the olive oil shop. ift.tt/2OWEMDy
Après ski bean to cup hot chocolate. @ritualchocolatecafe single origin Belize and single origin Ecuador side by side. • • • #beantobar #hotchocolate #chocolate #beantocup #singleorigin #apresski #recoverydrink #ecuador #belize ift.tt/2Sx1TGZ
A nice evening. Big Bad Baptist rare release and a @ritualchocolate brownie in front of the fire. Imperial stout aged in whiskey barrels with cacao nibs, coffee, and vanilla made by @epicbrewing . I’ve been looking for this one for months. Found the very… ift.tt/39qmX7K
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A reminder to all the chocolate makers who wholesale fine/craft chocolate for baking to restaurants . Remind the restaurant to make the syrup for plating with the same quality chocolate as they use to make the flourless chocolate cake (or other dessert).… ift.tt/39hpaCb
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Wow! This pairing really worked! Zinfandel with @goodkingcacao Harmony Snacking Cacao, peeled cacao beans with just a touch of organic cane sugar and Himalayan pink salt. • • • #wine #zinfandel #pairing #winepairing #cacao #cacaobeans #goodkingcac… ift.tt/2OobWvo
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My well balanced lunch. @ritualchocolate Belize origin hot chocolate with a GB brownie made with banana flour. Simply amazing!! • • • #Beantobar #beantobarchocolate #chocolate #cacao #Belize #singleorigin #craftchocolate #gf #brownie #gfbrownie #lunc… ift.tt/383pmVm
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Ginger Snap hot chocolate topped with coconut whipped cream and @solsticechocolate Sweet Nibs...and spiked with a little brandy to warm me up in the rainy Seattle weather. 😉☔️🥃 . . . #hotchocolate #brandy #nibs #cacaonibs #cocoanibs #mondaymood #coco… ift.tt/2tUa2eY
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Thank goodness for @intrigue_chocolate_co broken slab Dominican Republic origin at my desk on a Monday. ❤️🍫❤️ . . . #brokenslab #monday #chocolate #singleorigin #tea #mondayvibes #dominicanrepublic #beantobar ift.tt/36CbQH7
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