Mail-order Chocolate....

[thewayne]

I learned of these people from an old Alton Brown podcast, Olive & Sinclair. They're based in Nashville, TN, and offer tours if you're in or will be in the area. Two flavors caught my attention: sea salt and vinegar caramels and white chocolate made with buttermilk. I'm very intrigued by both.

I just ordered a collection of one of all of their chocolate bars for $60 (plus shipping), no idea if it'll get here before V-Day. Aside from the sea salt & vinegar caramel, they also do a duck fat caramel which sounds rather good. So depending on how these chocolates work out, I expect I may be ordering some caramels for our anniversary in June....

https://www.oliveandsinclair.com/shop/

Comments

[terribleturnip]

Oh, do give us a review when they arrive!

[thewayne]

I most certainly shall!  My wife is quite the addict and connoisseur.  I'm a fan of good chocolate and have different tastes and favorites than her, but we have plenty of overlap.  Our current addiction is the mini Dove bars, I'll be picking up a couple of bags in an hour or so - heading down the mountain for to hit the groceria....

[moonhare]

I have had sea salt caramel, but not with vinegar! Sounds like an adventure.

[thewayne]

I find the concept intriguing. I emailed them asking for a sampler mixing both flavors, but they haven't bothered replying. Well, it's not too far until June!

[howsmyenglish]

This sounds delicious! *sighs*

[thewayne]

Like you don't have marvelous chocolatiers all over Europe?!  I just got shipping confirmation that it should arrive Wednesday!  Quite looking forward to it and will post reviews.  And hey -- if you ever make it over here, with some pre-planning you can arrange to have it shipped to where you'll be staying!  I have a couple of Berlin chocolatiers (and another in Dresden) that I should post links for you.  Unfortuntately the one that we stumbled upon our first day at Alexanderplatz, La Cure Gourmande, is permanently closed.

[howsmyenglish]

I'm sure there are many great chocolatiers all around! The thing is that I just don't care enough about chocolate to go to all the trouble of finding them and paying so much money for it :D But it would be nice to try something fancy like this once in a lifetime ;)

[thewayne]

I think you and I are of a similar feather in this case.  I buy it for my wife, she's the addict/gourmand.  For me, my needs are much more basic and I can be satisfied with what's available at a decent grocer with occasional visits at a good chocolatier.  Just don't offer me a Hershey's bar and believe that I'll consider that good chocolate. :-)