Best hot chocolate in Vancouver
By Vancity Buzz
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Prado Café
http://www.pradocafevancouver.com
Sweet and mild, Prado make their own chocolate sauce, using a dark, 80 per cent Dutch process cocoa and a secret, dry spice blend.
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Thomas Haas
Made with real chocolate (not cocoa powder), Thomas Haas' hot chocolate is thick, rich and boasts a creamy texture.
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Small Victory
Yaletown’s Small Victory Bakery creates on-site an incredibly light and smooth-textured hot chocolate. Not too big, not too sweet the hot chocolate is made with top-grade Valrhona chocolate from France.
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East Van Roasters
http://www.eastvanroasters.com
East Van Roasters’ made in-house drinking chocolates are sure to put a smile on your dial — they’re smooth to taste and comprised of 70 per cent dark chocolate. Currently the Gastown outpost has a Single-Origin, Mayan spiced and a Malagasy Bitters drinking chocolate on offer.
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Mink Chocolate Café
Ranging from 38 to 70 per cent cocoa content Mink’s drinking chocolate is consists of pure, fresh chocolate ganache (no powders, no water, nothing reconstituted or rehydrated).
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Thierry
http://www.thierrychocolates.com
Thierry's signature blend of pure velvety dark chocolate is on the bitter side and can be enjoyed on its own or for those with a sweet tooth, complemented with caramel or hazelnut, or even Basque chilli for an added kick.
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Koko Monk Chocolates
Made with 72% Venezuelan Trinitario, top quality pure cacaos, herbs, spices, and a dash of orange zest, Kitsilano’s Koko Monk Chocolates’ offers a sweet and slightly spicy sipping hot chocolate.
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Bel Café
With an array of chocolatey treats (in the form of cookies, pastries, macarons, and crumbles) it’s no wonder that David Hawksworth’s downtown Bel Café offers a memorable cup of hot coco.
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Blenz
Chocoholics will savour Blenz’s signature hot chocolate, which is made from using only 100 per cent authentic Belgian chocolate chips.
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Continental Coffee
http://www.continental-coffee.ca
Continental Coffee offers an incredibly indulgent hot chocolate. Crafted with steamed milk and Belgian chocolate syrup, Continental Coffee’s hot chocolate is topped with house-made chocolate whipped cream.
