Global Nomad — By brendan on July 4, 2008 at 10:54 am
Filed under: argentina, chocolate, eating, La Cumbre

Artisan Chocolate, vol. 1: La Cumbre

Love Chocolate?

If you read my earlier post on La Cumbre, the cute town north of Cordoba, and end up there, there is one essential little place I forgot to mention.

We found La Casita del Chocolate completely by accident, while wandering the country lane-like back streets of residential La Cumbre. Mel saw a sign with the word Chocolate on it and the mission began.

Turns out La Casita del Chocolate is actually an artisanal homemade chocolate shop run out of the front of a private home. Jorge and Patri, the couple who run it (we wandered around the little shop for a while before they came out of their home!) are two of the loveliest people we met in Argentina: warm, friendly and enthusiastic about their country. Both spoke some English, and both were trained as psychologists!

In any case, the chocolate they made was fantastic, in cute little shapes and many varieties, including the ubiquitous alfajores (see photo) – an Argentinean obsession, a variety of which La Cumbre is known for. Other treats include dulce de leche (see my Feb 23rd post about eating like a local in Costa Rica), and home made liqueurs.

As it was a complete accident we found it, I didn’t have my camera but I’ve taken a rough photo of their flyer, as I think it would be worth the walk to go find them!