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Close up of the Benefit Corporation Certification awarded to Chocolat-e in 2023.

“Try Local”, a very gourmet event

Jeanyves Verdu

“Try Local” is a program developed by Gresham Chambers of Commerce and sponsored by Gresham Ford. The idea is simple: try local and shop local, support local businesses and display their products and services.

JANUARY 25, 2022 – JUNKI’S RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT- TROUTDALE, OREGON PHOTOS AUBRIE LEGAULT

Chocolate-e Inc was chosen for the January Try Local, for a tasting experience, not just a simple chocolate tasting. It’s always difficult to explain that our chocolate was designed for being savored, not eaten.
Our best pitch is not a good word selection but a real tasting of our six different single origin chocolates. Once you go through the tasting experience you understand what we mean; when your eyes sparkle, we know your palate is happy and our chocolate did its magic.    It was a great event and everybody had a good time. See for yourself!

The event was hosted by Junki’s-Riverview Restaurant; thank you Ryan Hampton for your welcoming and help all evening long.

Jeanyves & Norm, co-founders of Chocolat-e, are speaking to a room in front of a table full of boxes of chocolate.

Jeanyves & Norm, co-founders of Chocolat-e.

A hand holding a piece of a Chocolat-e bite. There are wrapped and unwrapped chocolates on the table.

Six single origin tasting bites, four Dark ones (Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Ecuador) leveled at 72% and two Dark Milks (Belize 47% and Brazil 43%).

A photo collage of a people holding Chocolat-e bites.

Seven people sit at a table. Some are opening their Chocolat-e bites, some are smelling the chocolates, and other are sipping their water glasses.

Six different chocolates, six different smells. To smell is the first step to understand the concept of Terroir, the origins of the cocoa beans. The area where the cocoa is grown is key to the chocolate aroma.

Photo collage. At the top a person is smelling the rich aroma of a Chocolat-e bite.  Below, two people are reading the packaging on Chocolat-e bars from Madagascar and Dominican Republic.

Try Local is sponsored by Gresham Ford. But more precisely by Bess Wills, an eminent figure of the community. Thank you Bess for your support.

Photo Collage. On top - Bess Willis, smiling. In the middle, the logo for Gresham Ford - the dealer with a heart. Below, a photo of Bess Wills with another person, both are smiling.

And special thanks to the Gresham Chambers of Commerce, represented on the picture below by Angela! Next to her, meet Aubrie, our talented photographer.

Angela, from the Gresham Chambers of Commerce, sits at a table. Next to her is Aubrie, our talented photographer.

 

 

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