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SELEUSS - 6TH ANNUAL TRUFFLE ARTISTRY AWARDS 2019 (2)

SELEUSS, SEATTLE, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019:   Another late post from 2019.  We were pretty busy at the shop last year and didn’t have time to post this to our awards section until now! :P  Here are our submissions and awards from the 6th Annual Truffle Artistry Awards to the International Chocolate Salon in 2019:

https://www.internationalchocolatesalon.com/the-best-chocolate-truffle-awards-of-2019-announced/

We are proud to present the results of the 6th Annual TRUFFLE ARTISTRY AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 6th Annual CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE ARTISTRY AWARDS are based on the combined total number of votes received by each entrant from the Judging Panel.

The Judging Panel consists of National and Regional Magazines, Newspaper and Blog Editors, plus Topic Experts, Local Chefs and Food Gurus.

SELEUSS:   We also submitted our extra strong [Cafe Vieux Carre] Colombian Coffee & Chicory Chocolate truffle to the competition and received a Silver Metal and a 4 Star rating from the International Chocolate Salon!

Cafe Vieux Carre: Coffee & Chicory:  Inspired by Café du Monde’s Café Au Lait in New Orleans, ours is created from fresh local organic cream, French butter cream, two varieties of finely roasted and ground Arabica coffee beans from Colombia, and our specially formulated 41%+ dark milk chocolate with a touch of Chicory (Chicorée), for that old world taste, taking you back to the Vieux Carré French Quarter!   Truffle: The coffee ganache is typically enrobed in our 74%Moretta™ dark chocolate, or one of our fine chocolates below and topped with either coffee vermicelles/pailletes, roasted cacao nibs, or espresso powder. Pairing: Scotch, Café Latte, French Press, or contrast with some Port.  Smithsonian: Although Chicory has been cultivated since ancient Egypt, the coffee+chicory mixture probably began in Holland, but the drink wasn't widely considered until 1801, when it was introduced to France by two men, M. Orban of Liege and M. Giraud of Homing. When the French founded New Orleans 1718, they brought coffee, and chicory soon followed. After the Boston Tea Party, Americans acquired a preference for coffee, however, it wasn't until the Civil War, when Louisianans looked to adding chicory root to their coffee when Union naval blockades cut off the Port of New Orleans and its coffee imports!