VALENTINA VITOLS BELLO yog ntau tshaj li tus nyiam chocolate.Nws yog ib tug connoisseur - heev li, nws tau los ua ib tug ntawv pov thawj chocolate taster ob peb xyoos dhau los.

Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau tuav chocolate tastings nrog phooj ywg.Lawv sib sau ua ke, saj chocolate thiab sib piv cov ntawv thaum nws qhia lawv txog qhov muab chocolate lub hauv paus chiv keeb thiab cov yam ntxwv.

Txhawm rau ua qhov saj, koj xav tau chocolate, thiab koj xav tau cov phooj ywg txaus siab.Koj tsis tas yuav tsum nyob hauv tib qhov chaw.

Kuv tau koom nrog Valentina, uas kuv tau paub ntau xyoo, thiab qee tus ntawm lwm tus hauv kev sib tham video tsis ntev los no tasting.

Valentina hais rau peb tias "Qhov no yog ib qho uas kuv nyiam tshaj plaws: sib qhia chocolate nrog tib neeg," Valentina hais rau peb.Nws tsis yog yuav cia ib lub qhov rooj xauv nws.

Ua ntej Valentina tuav qhov kev tshwm sim, nws tau hu rau Lauren Adler, tus tswv thiab "tus thawj coj chocophile" ntawm Chocolopolis, lub khw noj mov hauv Seattle's Interbay cheeb tsam.

Rau qhov kev saj no, Adler muab tso ua ke xaiv cov tuav los ntawm South America.Ib haiv neeg ntawm Venezuela, Valentina muaj kev nyiam tshwj xeeb rau cov qhob noom xim kasfes los ntawm lub teb chaws ntawd, qhov chaw uas nws tau tsim nyob rau hauv me me, tsev neeg ua liaj ua teb, txhua tus muaj nws tus kheej terroir, huab cua thiab ua rau nws saj.

"Kuv paub los ntawm ntau tus ntawm kuv cov neeg siv khoom niaj hnub hais tias lawv tab tom tuav virtual chocolate tastings raws li lub sijhawm zoo siab thiab ua txoj hauv kev los sib sau nrog phooj ywg," nws hais.

Nws kuj tau txav nws txhua xyoo "Chocolate Sweet sixteen" bracket kev sib tw - tib neeg sim plaub lub lis piam, thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws ob qho kev txav mus rau lwm lub bracket kom txog thaum tus tau yeej - rau hauv online hom xyoo no.

Ib qho txiaj ntsig ntawm Valentina's virtual tasting: Nws tuaj yeem suav nrog cov phooj ywg hauv San Diego thiab Atlanta uas ib txwm tsis tuaj yeem koom nrog nws rau qhov kev tshwm sim ntawm tus kheej.Txhua yam nws yuav tsum tau ua yog thov Adler xa chocolates rau lawv ua ntej.

Adler kuj tau xa ib lub log uas muaj xim xim piav qhia txog cov khoom qab zib uas ib tus neeg yuav ntsib hauv chocolate, nrog rau daim npav tasting-sau ntawv uas peb tau sau rau hauv thaum peb nibbled rau hmo ntuj tuav.

Peb tau sib tham thaum pib ntawm kev sib tham - feem ntau ntawm peb tsis tau paub ib leeg ua ntej - tab sis thaum peb pib tasting, qhov tsom xam yog squarely ntawm cov qhob noom xim kasfes.

Rau txhua qhov bar, peb tau sau tseg lub hauv paus chiv keeb (ntau tus kws kos duab chocolates yog ib lub hauv paus chiv keeb, lub ntsiab lus tag nrho cov qhob noom xim kasfes los ntawm tib qhov chaw), lub ntim, xim thiab kev ntxhib los mos ntawm lub bar, nws cov ntxhiab thiab lub suab nws ua thaum peb tawg. ib chunk.Qhov ntawd yog ua ntej peb puas tau noj.

Chocolate tsis yog tsuas yog delicacy uas lom zem saj nrog phooj ywg.Adler tau koom tes nrog Alison Leber, aka Roving Cheese Monger (alisonleber.com), muab cov qhob noom xim kasfes thiab cheese tastings.Washington's wine regions tau teeb tsa cov xwm txheej virtual.Ib txhia ntawm lawv xav kom koj nrhiav koj tus kheej cawv.Lwm tus tau teem sijhawm.Lwm tus yuav xa tuaj rau koj xaiv wines thiab teem caij rau ib tus kheej tasting (xyuas ib tug neeg winery websites rau cov ntaub ntawv).

Rau Valentina, tastings ua tiav ob lub hom phiaj ib zaug: sib qhia nws txoj kev mob siab rau, thiab tshawb xyuas nrog cov neeg nws mob siab rau.