If in Spain and a Chocoholic...
Jan 27, 2005 | 8:50 am
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If in Spain and a Chocoholic...
Chocophiles have a home: it is called Cacao Sampaka. Here dark bars are infused with curry; cuppuccino slabs are swirled with ground coffee beans. There are chocolates flavored with anchovies; chocolate-tomato marmelada for breakfast; liquored-up bombones for a nightcap. The store's cafe serves astonishing cold chocolate milk with passion fruit and Aztec hot chocolate with 76% cacoa. ...locations are in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, and Girona.
Jan 28, 2005 | 12:55 am
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Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
Chocophiles have a home: it is called Cacao Sampaka. Here dark bars are infused with curry; cuppuccino slabs are swirled with ground coffee beans. There are chocolates flavored with anchovies; chocolate-tomato marmelada for breakfast; liquored-up bombones for a nightcap. The store's cafe serves astonishing cold chocolate milk with passion fruit and Aztec hot chocolate with 76% cacoa. ...locations are in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, and Girona.
I'll have to check this out...thanks Willie!
Last edited by alanw; Jan 28, 2005 at 12:57 am
Jan 29, 2005 | 6:33 am
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Cacao Sampaka is definitely worth checking out but for those with a traditional taste there are probably safer options like the Chocolat Factory shop at BCN airport.
However if you are adventerous Cacao Sampaka is a must and as a concept it is most interesting.
If you are interested in avant garde chocolate also check out products by Enric Rovira.
Pepijn
However if you are adventerous Cacao Sampaka is a must and as a concept it is most interesting.
If you are interested in avant garde chocolate also check out products by Enric Rovira.
Pepijn
Feb 16, 2006 | 11:46 am
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I lived right across the street from Cacao Sampaka on Calle Orellana in Madrid...you can get a bag of very traditional chocolate shavings to mix with milk and heat up at home to recreate a Spanish hot chocolate. Prices, IIRC, were pretty reasonable. They also do a menu del dia, with a degustacion de chocolates for the dessert.
