Now, chocolate tasting club comes to India
Of the club, Cvado 1502, will also have access to information on gourmet chocolate and tips on how to appreciate it. They can attend workshops and previews, and even travel to Valrhona in France to see chocolatiers at work or visit cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast and South America among other places.“Our concept is simple — variety, access and fresh chocolates,” says Pankaj Nagori, owner and founder of the club. “Indians have moved on from trying chocolates from Grand Place in Brussels to the Champs Elysées stores. Since we all travel nowadays, we have, at some point, sampled gourmet chocolate. Here, we’re making it accessible.”
Since its launch in February, the club has already attracted 50 members, who will receive monthly boxes of ten chocolates — a varying range of pralines, ganaches, truffles and bon bons — delivered within days of their production, and never repeated in a future selection.
“We try to include a balance of dark, white and milk chocolate with different types of fillings. Collections are created after sampling creations from a cadre of chocolatiers in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK,” explains Pankaj.
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