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Belgium: hot chocolate is making a comeback
Belgium: hot chocolate is making a comeback – (France 2)
Hot chocolate is one of the little comforts of winter. Drinking is coming back into fashion, and it’s an art. Reporting from Brussels, Belgium.
In the homeland of chocolate, tourists visiting Brussels (Belgium) are spoiled for choice when it comes to warming up with a few euros. The new fashionable hot chocolates are in the form of spoons to be dipped in boiling milk. 24 flavors to choose from. In a downtown store, hot chocolate to melt on site or to take away represents more than a quarter of sales.
Luxury hot chocolate
In the Kingdom of Belgium, hot chocolate is the new star of winter, and it’s not just tourists who taste it. In a café, they serve liquid chocolate, and all the customers are Belgian. The demand is such that some have launched into luxury hot chocolate, with exceptional cocoa roasted on site. A block of chocolate then passes through a machine and turns into shavings, ready to be enjoyed. In a French family living in Brussels, hot chocolate is sacred.
