Claudio Corallo
Chocolate Tasting Tour
on a Classic Yacht

The wonderfully mysterious properties of real chocolate awaken your culinary senses like nothing else can. We searched along the ancient African trade routes, scoured the dusty records of the Dutch East India Company, and followed the lore of the Corsairs on the Barbary coast. It was known to still exist somewhere, but where? The perfect cocoa beans that is--the fundamental essence of real chocolate perfection.

Our search has recently lead us to a plantation on the tiny remote Isle of Principe off the West African Coast. The lush jungle bathed in the salty breath of the South Atlantic Ocean, this is the home of a saint-like chocolatier named Claudio Corallo. A man who has managed to re-discover the ancient lost art of making real to-die-for chocolate.

See, in today's world of mass production, genetically hyped up cocoa beans are harvested, warehoused and distributed in huge quantities around the world. Lost are the original naturally delicate tendencies of the bean. Even the finest chocolate manufacturers are limited in achieving perfection because they only have access to a facsimile of the original. The consequence is less flavor and a need to over-roast the beans in order to kill off warehouse-induced mold spores.--this is the bitterness that you typically taste in even the best grades of unsweetened chocolate.

Claudio's chocolate is much, much different. He is both the grower and producer of the chocolate. But not only that, he is a perfectionist in mastering the entire ancient process.

Join us on a classic yacht cruise and find out for yourself what the kings and queens of old Europe sought to conquer after just one taste. This special tour is for those who seek the mystical origin of natural chocolate--a dark chocolate lovers dream but a candy it is not. (Candy lovers, this is not a chocolate confection loaded with flavorings and sugar.) Rather, it is the pure unadulterated serum derived from an ancient process.

Learn about the history and true nature of real chocolate. The beans, the painstaking process, and the magical health benefits. You will be surrounded by old world charm as we motor out onto Lake Union for a short tour and then shut the engine off and drift in the placid waters mirroring the Seattle skyline.