Manila’s Tsokolate Shop: Great post from dessert comes first on Tsoko.Nut, a Starbucks-inspired cafe chain in the Philippines focused on tsokolate, "true Filipino chocolate made from 100% cacao. Grown, roasted, and ground locally, it’s unlike any other hot chocolate drink in the world: caressed by the sun, kissed by the earth, and tasting of smoke, chocolate, and nuts." Tsokolate is delicious enough on its own, but oh, the desserts that go with it!... More

New York magazine's five favorite hot chocolates should be a good read even if you don't live in the city—surely your food-loving heart can't helped but be instantly warmed by listings like those of Otto's gianduja calda, "a medium-thick, mouth-coatingly rich blend of milk and hazelnut chocolates, melted with hazelnut-steeped milk". I can almost feel it swirling around my tongue.... More