Where Ottawa Magazine Winter Spring 2018

editor’s picks top hot chocolates Aromas of melted dark and milk chocolate fountains greet visitors at the Lindt Chocolate Shop. This rich drink made to go is Lindt’s signature baking chocolate with steamed milk. 825 Exhibition Way, Lansdowne Park, lindt.ca Cococo Chocolatiers make the Ginger and Orange Hot Chocolate with milk, dark, or bit- tersweet chocolate, steeped in fresh orange peel and ginger for full flavour. 314 Richmond Rd., bernardcallebaut.com Cacao 70’s American-Style Hot Chocolate is so thick that it needs to be eaten with a spoon. Made with real melted choco- late from their Montreal factory, marshmallows, and drizzled milk or dark choc olate on top. 53 William St., #51 & 225 Marché Way, #109, cacao70.ca cacao 70 Stella Luna’s Alpine Hot Choco- late recipe comes from an Italian gelato master. The key is to add dark chocolate pieces to heated whole milk, cocoa powder, egg yolk and sugar as they cool. 1103 Bank St. & 1130 Wellington St. W., slgelato.com blumenstudio This friendly café and flower shop feels like a private green- house, with a myriad of shelves and tables covered in plants. It’s owned by a second-generation flower aficionado from Dresden, Germany, and managed by Klaus, her mini schnauzer mix. The owner changes her floral wares each season, but her yummy coffees remain consis- tent. Every espresso is made with a certified organic and fair-trade coffee bean blend that’s roasted with green technology. The studio serves a great Americano with only one or two ounces of water, and claims to be the first in Ottawa to pour cortados: half espresso, half steamed milk. On top of selling planters and cut flowers, the shop also hosts floral arrangement workshops such as making succulent gardens and seasonal bouquets. Elgin’s spot is intimate and low- key while Hintonburg’s is more spacious and communal. The latter is known as The Ministry of Coffee and Social Affairs because of its liquor license, later hours, and events, concerts, and fundraisers. Both aim to serve the best coffees from around the world, and to showcase some of the finest Canadian roasters. They regularly feature coffees from the likes of Burlington’s Detour Coffee Roasters, Calgary’s Phil & Sebastian, and Anchored Coffee from Nova Scotia. 297 Elgin St. & 1013 Wellington St. W., theministryofcoffee.com 465 Parkdale Ave., blumenstudio.ca The Ministry of Coffee This duo of coffeehouses are both built to be cozy and chic, with wood-wrapped espresso bars and several two-seat tables. winter/spring 2018 where 17

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