I'll have to visit this place the next time I go to Vancouver
From http://www.canada.com/vancouversun
When Thelmis Velgis opened Chocoatl in Yaletown a year ago, he dove deep into chocolate and history. Figuratively speaking.
The shop specializes in chocolate drinks long established in Mexico (going back a couple thousand years), but new to Vancouver.
At the shop, chocolate lovers can try hot chocolate made with chocolate infused with lavender, rose, champurrado (corn), spices or orange. They do the infusing process themselves. His chocolates are single origin products, meaning they are from one farm. "I have friends in Central America. I have my importers," he says.
Soon they will be making their own chocolate in Mexico, he says. "Why? Because I can do it. It's not that much fun buying it already made. You don't get the quality you want. If I make it myself, I can choose where the cocoa beans come
When Thelmis Velgis opened Chocoatl in Yaletown a year ago, he dove deep into chocolate and history. Figuratively speaking.
The shop specializes in chocolate drinks long established in Mexico (going back a couple thousand years), but new to Vancouver.
At the shop, chocolate lovers can try hot chocolate made with chocolate infused with lavender, rose, champurrado (corn), spices or orange. They do the infusing process themselves. His chocolates are single origin products, meaning they are from one farm. "I have friends in Central America. I have my importers," he says.
Soon they will be making their own chocolate in Mexico, he says. "Why? Because I can do it. It's not that much fun buying it already made. You don't get the quality you want. If I make it myself, I can choose where the cocoa beans come