Cocoa & Cardamom Chocolatier Shop

Cacao & Cardamom was founded in 2014 by Annie Rupani - a woman with a special love for chocolate, she spent a lot of time in the kitchen researching and making batches of chocolate. his first until perfect as present.

Cacao & Cardamom was born with the desire to revive the rich culture surrounding cocoa and chocolate by using new ideas and techniques to open up a world of limitless possibilities and change the way people's perception of chocolate. All products here are natural, preservative-free and fragrance-free. Cacao & Cardamom's chefs hand-roast, grind and blend nuts and spices to optimize freshness and flavor in every piece of chocolate.

Cardamom is a fruit consisting of an outer shell with little flavor and small seeds inside with a strong flavor that is used extensively in desserts or to flavor rice or tea. or coffee. At Cacao & Cardamom, cardamom is an ingredient that makes chocolate besides cocoa.

Inside the store, colorful chocolates line up in display cases like what visitors would expect from a jewelry store. Cacao & Cardamom's menu features over 40 types of bon-bon chocolates and many other specialty chocolates such as HIVE Honey & Thyme (milk chocolate and thyme infused with honey glaze). from HIVE Bee Farm), Olive & Oregano (spicy caramel marjoram dark chocolate with kalamata crumbs from Breadman bakery), Fig & Malbec (where dark chocolate glaze is made from alcohol) Nice Wines with fig jam) or Double Goat (homemade caramel with sweet goat's milk and dark chocolate glaze made with goat cheese from a local farm).

In addition, Cacao & Cardamom also organizes chocolate making classes where students will be able to familiarize themselves with chocolate recipes, tools and learn how to choose chocolate. The best chocolates available from the world's best chocolate makers. These relaxed and intimate chocolate lessons for beginners or advanced are taught by chocolatier Annie Rupani.

In fact, cocoa and dark chocolate contain far more powerful antioxidants than fruits with some of the highest antioxidant properties, such as blueberries and acai berries. By choosing dark chocolate over the processed sweets that diners often love, it means using a treat that can help improve blood flow, lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease. In Chinese medicine, cardamom has been associated with anti-tumor activity.

Locally, Cacao & Cardamom has long been a favorite chocolate shop and a reasonable choice to give to relatives and friends as a healthy and delicious gift.

Website : www.cacaoandcardamom.com

Phone : 713-814-5914

Hours of Operation :

Wednesday - Saturday: 11:00 - 17:00