We are excited to partner with Fortunato Chocolate for a fun and delicious chocolate and tea event at LizzyKate. In case you haven’t heard the good news, Fortunato recently opened a chocolate shop in downtown Kirkland! The pictures are Amy Riffle (LizzyKate) and Nery Pearson (Fortunato) on their opening day.

Adam Pearson will talk about how his family discovered a rare variety of cacao called Pure Nacional in the remote jungle of Peru in 2009. In addition, you’ll learn about what makes their chocolate so special and the many steps it takes to craft the chocolate from cacao trees in Peru to the amazing treats in their shop.

During the class, you’ll taste a variety Fortunato chocolates, including their chocolates with different percentages of cacao and others with inclusions. In addition to tasting the chocolates on their own, you’ll be served teas and herbal blends to pair with the chocolates. The teas and herbal blends will be either mild caffeine or caffeine free.

You’ll discover how tea can enhance certain notes in chocolate. You’ll also learn about the origins of the teas and tisanes and how to properly steep them.

The class is 90 minutes and limited to 20 people. The tea shop will be closed to the general public and dedicated to this event.

About Fortunato Chocolate:

Fortunato Chocolate is known for its rich fruit and nutty flavors, floral aroma, smooth texture, and lack of bitterness. The Pure Naçional trees that grow the cacao used in our chocolate have the distinction of being the oldest, rarest, and most sought after in the world. So rare in fact, that they were thought to be extinct by the early 20th century, wiped out by disease. The happenstance discovery in a remote valley of the northern Peruvian jungle by Dan Pearson and Brian Horsley, eventually lead the founding of Fortunato Chocolate and the reintroduction of the world to this exquisite tasting chocolate. All of our confections are made by hand in our chocolate kitchen in Issaquah, WA.