Kakawa Chocolate House

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@littleyellowbuss

"Willy Wonka has nothing on husband-and-wife team and Kakawa owners Bonnie and Tony Bennett. The duo packs their City Different display cases with goat cheese truffles and caramels infused with locally grown lavender. But this shop also celebrates the region’s long love affair with chocolate and chile—a pairing dating to the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in the Americas—with red-chile caramels and chile solid dark chocolates. It also bypasses traditional milk-based hot chocolates for potent chocolate elixirs, the favored drink of the pre-Columbian cultures who first championed culinary cacao. Diners sip these unsweetened drinks made with water, chocolate, herbs, nuts, spices, and chile in blue-and-white Mexican Talavera espresso cups in a quaint adobe just off Canyon Road and two other City Different locations."

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"It was okay, but pretty pricey."

@ica.6

"Biscochito truffle NM piñon caramel Very expensive "

@frenchtiger

"This quiet alternative to a coffeehouse provides a wide selection of hot brews inspired by chocolate traditions from around the world. For those averse to sugar, the small but intense Aztec Warrior elixir — an unsweetened cup of chocolate mixed with chile, flowers, herbs, and nuts — is uniquely satisfying. But if you appreciate a sweet treat, there’s plenty more to drink, as well as a number of truffles, bars, caramels, and even chocolate-dipped chiles sold to go. "

@blakesbites

"- Recommended by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally in “Where the Deer and the Antelope Play”, chapter 17 - Drinkable chocolate elixirs"

@roblove2023

"Kakawa Chocolate House: Santa Fe, New Mexico Founded in 2005, Kakawa — an Olmec word meaning chocolate or cacao — specializes in drinking chocolate elixirs based on recipes recreated from historical sources. These hot chocolates range from pre-Colombian to colonial American to contemporary creations, and are served in small hand-painted mugs from Oaxaca, Mexico. Try the Chili Elixir, made with spicy chilies, or the Jefferson Elixir, inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s own recipe."

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"A taste of chocolate elixirs from ancient times. A great experience. Would recommend the chili and Mayan elixirs!"

@sahira

"Worlds best hot chocolate. GF brownies. Macaroon so-so good."

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"best hot chocolate and chocolates"

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"Love this place. https://foursquare.com/top-places/santa-fe/best-places-hot-chocolate"

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