Chocolate's resurgence as a drink continues. On a recent trip to Santa Fe, I visited Kakawa, a small specialty chocolate shop that features an entire menu of flavored hot chocolates. Kakawa has about a dozen different chocolate sauces, all made in-house, that are used in different versions of the beverage and served in small, demitasse cups. The drink is rich and thick, so, as I mentioned in an earlier post, larger sizes are unnecessary. By combining chocolate with flavors like spicy pepper, orange, rosemary, vanilla, and other fruit and herb combinations, Kakawa serves drinking chocolate with an interesting twist. The rich, thick hot chocolate is an excellent treat that makes you slow down and enjoy what you are sipping. It’s a great change of pace, and I hope the idea catches on with other shops.
