#beaconhillchocolates

Chocolate and whiskey: what a blast to co-create and co-present an evening of pairings with @beaconhillchocolates and @bullyboybooze! 🌟 We featured 5 pairings of incredibly aromatic spirits from Boston's first craft distillery, with insanely delicious craft chocolate by @violetskychocolate plus boldly creative bonbons by @chocopicacho and @kc_chocolatier - all carried at #beaconhillchocolates - in the spectacular new barrel-lined tasting room at #bullyboydistillers! 🌟 A crowd favorite: #violetskychocolate Cloud Walking made from 77% Guatemala cacao with banana, piloncillo, and cinnamon, complex in flavor and playing with both umami and astringency; paired with Bully Boy's Boston Rum, 80 proof, 100% blackstrap molasses, aged for 3 years in the brand's empty whiskey barrels, with a "butterscotch bomb" flavor element. This pairing made people dream about the tropics or want to dance the bossa nova! 🌟 One woman in the audience had been on my chocolate tours in Boston with one of my Tourguides back in the old tour days, and recognized me from our tour literature; what a blast to be able to share uplift through chocolate then and now! 🌟 #BostonCambridgeApril2018 🌟 (at Bully Boy Distillers)

When in Massachusetts: @chequessettchocolate of Cape Cod, from @beaconhillchocolates of Boston, with souvenirs gathered at my alma mater @harvard in Cambridge (including pencils my dear friend thought to request for us at Widener Library; see previous post for scenes of library paradise)! ⚓ Speaking of #beaconhillchocolates, I'm excited to present info at a whiskey and chocolate pairing they're holding Thursday at @bullyboybooze, Boston's first craft distillery! Tickets are available through Bully Boy. I saw a guy at Boston Logan Airport wearing a #bullyboydistillers t-shirt: a favorable omen, most definitely! #BostonCambridgeApril2018 (at Harvard University)

More Massachusetts magic (staged on another article of my clothing! : ) in the form of #chequessettchocolate of Cape Cod, on Peru cacao, light and lovely, with gentle complexity; this is a really beautifully realized chocolate bar, charmingly packaged in a fittingly nautical theme, and in a reusable pouch! 💙 If you're in Boston, you'll find this exciting local brand at #beaconhillchocolates, in one of my beloved former neighborhoods! 🆙️ Chocolate appreciation moment: note the bright color of this chocolate, tinged with red tones, in contrast to the darker color, tinged with purple, of the Esmeraldas Ecuador bar in the previous post! #chocolatetravel #chocolateandatextile #HarvardAutumn2017 (at Beacon Hill Chocolates)