Free Hot Chocolate Tasting - Sample Hot Chocolates from Around the World at Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Cafe
Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) will feature a free hot chocolate tasting from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at their 750 Pine Street Factory Store & Cafe on Saturday, March 18th.
Burlington, VT (PRWEB) March 9, 2006
Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) will feature a free hot chocolate tasting from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at their 750 Pine Street Factory Store & Cafe on Saturday, March 18th. Attendees will sample a flight of four all-natural drinking chocolates from around the world, arranged from lowest to highest cocoa content:
Traditional - a classic chocolate flavor Aztec - spicy with cayenne, cinnamon, and vanilla Old World - made with pure chocolate shavings (54% cocoa) New World - pure ground chocolate in the European tradition (70% cocoa content)
Drinking chocolate is a 2,600-year-old tradition. To the ancient Mayans it was the nectar of the gods. Europeans revered it as a symbol of wealth and power. African cultures believed it an aphrodisiac. In the Aztec culture, cocoa beans were the basis for a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl, believed to be a health elixir. Since sugar was unknown to the Aztecs, spices were used to add flavor -- especially hot chili peppers! Aztecs believed that wisdom and power came from eating the fruit of the cocoa tree, and that it also had nourishing, fortifying, and even aphrodisiac qualities. Many of these assumptions are being proven true by recent scientific studies.
Coinciding with the hot chocolate sampling is a sale on all LCC hot chocolates – all flavors are up to 33% off. Flavors include Old World, New World, Aztec, Organic, Traditional, Mocha, and Unsweetened. The sale is at the three company-owned stores in Vermont and online at www. lakechamplainchocolates. com.
The LCC Factory Store & Cafe also offers chocolates & confections, cappuccinos, lattes, ice cream, gourmet coffee & teas, cold beverages, and lots of factory seconds.
Lake Champlain Chocolates offers sweet indulgences that capture the essence of Vermont, the tradition of making fine chocolate, and the pride that goes into each bite. Preservative-free and Kosher-certified, Lake Champlain Chocolates are crafted in small batches from the finest quality Belgian chocolate and select natural ingredients including local Vermont cream, sweet butter, maple syrup, and honey. Lake Champlain Chocolates are available online at www. lakechamplainchocolates. com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, as corporate gifts & wedding favors, at three company-owned retail stores in Vermont, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.
This press release is online at http://www. lakechamplainchocolates. com/NewsItem. aspx? pn_deptid=536 (http://www. lakechamplainchocolates. com/NewsItem. aspx? pn_deptid=536)
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