Chocolate Lovers Express Themselves

Submitted by Fei Min Lorente

At the Southwestern Ontario chapter’s chocolate tasting party, attendees were educated about how chocolate is made and guided through the procedure to properly taste fine chocolates. They began with tasting chocolate from single countries of origin: Santo Domingo, Ecuador and Tanzania. Then they were let loose to taste samples from Reid Chocolates, Rheo Thompson, and Chocolate Barr’s, all of whom were generous enough to donate door prizes. The resulting ecstasy inspired people to communicate their love of chocolate, in any way that could be put on paper, including stories, poetry and drawings. Here is a sample of their expressions:

Chocolate assessment:
Too sweet, too bitter, just right.
Food for Goldilocks.
    - Laura Zinn

Man cannot live on chocolate alone.

But women can!

    - Sharon Tucker

Every moment of the day had been a wonder to Giselle, and now her husband had one more surprise for her: chocolate. He was amazed to discover that she had never tried it before—but her poor family sometimes couldn’t even put food on the table.

That was a distant memory now though, as her husband had rescued her. How, on the first day of their honeymoon in Switzerland, he handed her a piece of chocolate.

Timidly, she took a bite. She dared not chew and waste the experience, so she carefully let it rest on her tongue. As it started to melt, she moved it around in her mouth. She swirled her tongue, letting the creaminess overtake her senses. The flavour was earthy, yet exquisite. She savoured the experience until the last of it disappeared.

The gratitude she felt toward her new husband for introducing her to chocolate was overwhelming. She felt intense joy and hope as she looked toward their future.
    - Stephanie Steffler

Nancy Halverson, selecting a tasty treat

Chocolate tasting is to happiness
As technical communication is to understanding.
    - anonymous


If there’s no chocolate in heaven, I’m not going.
    - Rhiannon Melvin

Karen Fair, Chocolate Expert Extraordinaire

Fei Min Lorente, holding a door prize, mmm