Last Sunday was a great day here in Seattle. It wasn't raining, that blue stuff that hides behind the clouds tried to peek out occasionally, the motorized crazies who create our perpetual traffic congestion were conspicuously absent from the streets as far as the eye could see, and many Pedestrians were out and about enjoying not having to fear for their lives crossing the streets.
I spent the afternoon helping a North Seattle resident prune her Kiwi vines and was rewarded afterward to treats at Seattle's finest beverage establishment "Chocolati". We went to the Greenwood location (one of four including their Downtown Seattle Public Library location) and I had my favorite, the Europa hot chocolate. They don't make it with cocoa powder, nor do they use syrup. It's made with melted chocolate (sometimes called drinking chocolate). The Europa is their own blend of dark European style chocolate and the experience is akin to drinking a dark chocolate bar :)
Drinking a Chocolati Europa is sufficient reason to plan a trip to Seattle, but the day was topped off with a special treat from their Truffle selection, the chocolate-stuffed dried Turkish Fig in the attached photos! Who could ask for anything more? Enjoy :)
kiwibob, Seattle
PS: If you plan a trip to Seattle, try early September when our local Breba crop is ripening. The Europa tastes as good in Summer as it does in Winter!