Chocolate 101: Wine and Chocolate Tasting
About this experience
Have you always wanted to learn what bean to bar chocolate is? Or where cocoa is coming from and what 78% dark chocolate even means?! Well, then you’ve found the right place in this chocolate class from ChocolateSpiel!
In this 1.5 hour class, you will:
- Learn the fascinating background of cocoa
- Discover how small bean to bar chocolate is made
- Explore how to detected nuanced flavors in chocolate and get an understanding which wine works well with which chocolate
During the first part of class, we’ll dive into the fascinating background of cocoa and chocolate and then on to the fun part - the chocolate tasting with wine pairings! Go home with a newfound appreciation for chocolate and a bar of your favorite from the tasting.
The chocolate made for this class is not being processed with dairy, but does incorporate lots of different nuts so please let us know if you have any allergies!
Choose from the following dates by clicking the 'book now' button on the left:
- Wednesday, February 14, 5:30-7pm
Your Host
Angi discovered her love for chocolate in 2016, after moving from Germany to Seattle. In Germany she used to work as a Chemical Engineer for paints. During a Chocolate Factory Tour she realized that chocolate and paint coatings are made with very similar machines, that blew her away! That experience was the first time she thought about working in chocolate. A couple of weeks later she stumbled into her first job as a chocolate maker. She learned how to make chocolate from the cacao bean, created fun and interesting truffle combinations and met many inspirational people in the process. After 2 years and a lot of work later, she decided to start her own chocolate company and that is how ChocolateSpiel began.