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Chocolate Tasting for Two Class

Created by Venecia Quezada

Invite your favorite chocophile to a guided tasting of rare heirloom chocolate exquisitely aged in mezcal, gin, and rum casks.

$125.00

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Your purchase includes

A 75-minute live virtual experience with an expert instructor

A Cask Aged Chocolate Tasting Kit for Two, mailed to you before the date of your experience

An email sent at least 24 hours before the experience with all the preparation details including experience log-in information

The Experience

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Some chocolate is so exceptional it deserves to be savored, studied, and swooned over—preferably with a companion cacao connoisseur. Pair up with your favorite chocophile and join expert Venecia Quezada for this luscious live virtual experience. You’ll taste three flavors of heirloom chocolate, explore each one's ancient lineage, and discover the fascinating, tree-to-bar artistry that goes into their making.

  • Venecia will guide you through sampling luxurious chocolate handcrafted in Ecuador from a native variety of cacao bean that’s more than 5,000 years old—a descendant of the first cacao trees to be cultivated in human history.
  • The chocolate you’ll be tasting has been aged in the original wooden casks used to produce mezcal, gin, and rum, infusing the bars with the subtle essence of each spirit.
  • Identify the unique flavor profiles of these sumptuous sweets as you learn how the beans are sustainably grown in the mountainous Andean rain forest, then skillfully transformed into dark, silky decadence.
  • Feel free to bring a liquor, dessert wine, or soft cheese to enjoy with your chocolate—you’ll find pairing recommendations in the kit that comes with the class (see below).
Class length: 75 minutes.
Comes with the class: The Cask-Aged Chocolate Tasting Kit for Two includes 18 sampling-size bars of dark chocolate made from rare Ecuadorian Nacional cacao, a pair of tasting guides, and two sets of wooden tasting tools. An Uncommon Goods exclusive.

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Venecia Quezada

About

In the cacao farms of Ecuador's Piedra de Plata valley, the farmers call Venecia Quezada "sobrina," Spanish for niece. "They always have roasted cacao beans to share with me during our walk around the farms," she says. Relationships like these, paired with a dedication to craftsmanship and conservation, have made Venecia's chocolate career, in her own words, "a rich journey, and a sweet one as well!" When she isn't visiting the farms, you'll find the native of Santo Domingo, Ecuador, eight hours away in the capital of Quito, where she leads customer experiences for one of the country's most celebrated producers of single-origin, heirloom chocolate. "Our ancient Nacional cacao is the ultimate star," she says. "I love the idea of chocolate being a path to educate others about a better way of living and taking care of nature."

For this class, you'll need the included To'ak tasting kit. You can add these items, but they are optional: a glass of water and your favorite liquor

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The Cask Aged Chocolate Tasting Kit for Two will be shipped in time to arrive before the date of your experience.

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Ages

21+

Notes

Before class, please:
- Do not store chocolate in fridge or freezer, please look for a dark, dry area between 56-74°F
- Try not to eat food with a strong aroma or flavor for at least 2 hours before class (e.g garlic, hot sauce, etc.)

1-2 people per screen, please. (More than that affects the quality of everyone's experience)

Item ID

58474

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