Esmeraldas
CayapasThe north of the country, Esmeraldas province, along the Cayapas river.
A wooden counter, a window full of pralines, tables out on the street. Stay ten minutes, or the whole afternoon.
Have a coffee and nothing else. Buy a single praline. Or stand and watch the gianduiotti like fish in an aquarium.
Just a little piece, you said?
They come from Ecuador, from three regions with a name: Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Manabí. The bar tells you which one.
The north of the country, Esmeraldas province, along the Cayapas river.
Inland from the coast, in Los Ríos province.
The canton of Flavio Alfaro, in Manabí province.
Here chocolate is sold by the piece and eaten before you reach the door.
It was a gift, you said?
Wood-roasted in the Cilento. Served fast and scalding.
Standing at the bar or sitting down, with a cornetto and a praline on the side.
No one will look at you sideways if the praline comes before the cornetto.
Bicerin
Neapolitan coffee, Nacional cocoa and cream, one on top of the other. Like this, only at Via Carlo Alberto 44.
Hot chocolate
A recipe that never leaves this counter. In a cup, with cream, standing or sitting.
Boxes, bars and pralines. Nobody checks who they end up with. For large orders, call us.
Piedmont hazelnuts and Esmeraldas cacao.
Pralines in a box. Usually opened in the car.
Dark, one for each cru.
From the counter, by the piece or boxed. Even just one.