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Tours
1-1.5 HOURS
BEGINNER
TASTING
GUIDED WALK
Walk through our historic brick 16th Street factory with an expert Chocolate Educator: View our entire production line, and enjoy plenty of samples, from fresh cacao pulp to finished chocolate. Weekdays until 2 p.m., you're likely to see our Chocolate Makers in action, and catch the aroma of freshly roasting cocoa beans. On weekends, we have the factory to ourselves; we'll dive deeper into chocolate history, as well as our own sourcing and production processes. Both tour versions include lots of chocolate tasting.
Please anticipate high levels of noise at certain parts of the tour when visiting during operating hours. Ear plugs are provided upon request.
CLASSES & EVENTS
curated ingredients, tools, and recipes: the best kind of structured creativity
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Irish Whiskey & Chocolate
1-2 hours
All Levels
Tasting
Educational
$125 / PERSON
7 PM, FRIDAY, SEPT 20
Hosted at our 16th Street location, this 90 minute experience is the perfect introduction to tasting and pairing craft chocolate with Irish Whiskey. Joining our team is whiskey expert Andrew Healy, also known as 'Irish Whiskey Lad'. Together, we'll explore the rich histories of whiskey and chocolate while tasting three types of chocolate and four whiskeys.
Must be 21 years or older to attend this experience. We will verify age upon arrival.
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Chocolate Making
3 HOURS
INTERMEDIATE
hands on
Educational
$160 / PERSON
SATURDAYS
Follow simple steps to craft your very own batch of single-origin, two-ingredient chocolate, using our cocoa nibs and organic sugar. Our Educators offer hands-on instruction, while explaining the science and mechanics behind exceptional chocolate making. You'll leave with an appreciation of the chocolate maker's art, along with your just-made chocolate to share with friends and family.
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Chocolate Tasting
1 HOUR
Beginner
SOCIAL
Educational
$55 / PERSON
SATURDAY 4 PM
Taste your way through a flight of five distinctive chocolate bars, featuring a range of the flavor notes — from fudgy to fruity — that may be found in chocolate made of well-fermented cocoa beans. Expand and refine your palate as you learn specialized techniques and specific vocabulary to identify tasting notes in chocolate. You'll depart with knowledge that will enliven any future chocolate adventure.
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Truffle Making
1.5 hours
BEGINNER
hands on
SOCIAL
$100 / PERSON
friday 6 pm
Our truffle-making class is a fun, interactive activity to enjoy with family, friends, or teammates. Learn the process of blending creamy ganache using our two-ingredient chocolate, then hand-roll your ganache into truffles. We supply all necessary materials (including truffle toppings) to make a generous truffle batch — simply arrive ready to plunge your hands in chocolate.
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Chocolate 101
1 hour
Beginner
Educational
Social
$40 / person
WEDNESDAY 6 PM
This class is one of our favorites — interactive and engaging, with light, fun content. It is a perfect introduction to single-origin, two-ingredient craft chocolate. We explore many of the common ingredients used in craft chocolate bars, tasting each component individually, and learning about its' purpose. For a delicious finale, you will participate in a blind taste test of a variety of chocolate bars from other makers, and try to guess which ingredients are present.
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Chocolate Tempering
2 hours
Intermediate
Hands On
Educational
$125 / person
On specific saturdays
In our Chocolate Making class, we learn about bean-to-bar chocolate production from dried cocoa beans to melted, refined chocolate. Our Tempering class teaches you what comes next — the process of tempering chocolate to create a smooth, shiny, delicious chocolate bar with a perfect, snappy crystal structure. Our Educators will guide you through the mechanics of tempering two-ingredient chocolate, and the process of foiling and wrapping a Dandelion chocolate bar.
In addition, you will prepare chocolate mendiants from tempered chocolate. You will leave class with 28 finished mediants, as well as three full-sized finished chocolate bars — hand-wrapped in gold foil and custom-patterned paper, with your own blank label.
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Tequila & Chocolate
1.5 hours
Beginner
Tastiing
Educational
$140
7 PM, SATURDAY, OCT 26
We sat down with Fernando Merino and learned more than expected about the process and history of tequila. Then came the fun part– finding the best expressions of tequila to pair with our single-origin dark chocolate. In this experience, Fernando and Chef Durfee will share their expertise, serving several pours of tequila with our single-origin dark chocolates.Â
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DINING AT BLOOM
PASTRIES
DRINKS
DINING
ALCOHOL
We’re excited to let you know that we are officially open with limited hours, Thursdays through Saturday (for now). Come visit us and enjoy exclusive menu items, such as chocolate-almond Babka French Toast; a freshly baked chocolate Soufflé topped with house-made cocoa-nib ice cream; and much more. Available for walk-ins or contact Guest Care to reserve space for private event.
OFF-SITE EXPERIENCES
CONTACT USVIRTUAL EVENTS
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Virtual Chocolate Tasting
1 HOUR
Beginner
TEAM BUILDING
Educational
$75 / PERSON
friday 5 pm
You’ll receive a flight of five distinctive chocolate bars, featuring a range of the flavor notes — from fudgy to fruity — that may be found in chocolate made of well-fermented cocoa beans. With guidance from an expert Chocolate Educator, you’ll expand and refine your palate as you learn specialized techniques and specific vocabulary to identify tasting notes in chocolate. You'll gain knowledge that will enliven any future chocolate adventure.
Request a Private Experience for Your Group
Most of our classes, tastings, and events may be made private for your group. Please submit the form below, telling us what sort of personalized experience you'd like to create, and we'll be in touch.