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| I love this old cash register they use to display their chocolate! |
Cocoa Nymph
3739 W 10th Ave
(W 10th Ave and Alma)
M-St 11a - 7p | Sn 1 - 5p
#27 - "THE AYALA"
Jasmine drinking chocolate, topped with house made juniper marshmallows.
Available Jan 19 - Feb 14
#28 -
"THE NOAH"
Balsamic drinking chocolate, topped with house made cherry marshmallows.
Available Jan 26 - Feb 14
#29 -
"THE EMILY ROSE"
Orange drinking chocolate, topped with house made rose-coconut marshmallows.
Available Feb 2 - 14
#30 -
"THE JOSIAH"
Basil drinking chocolate, topped with house made strawberry marshmallows.
Available Feb 8 - 14
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all drinking chocolates can be made dairy free
A while back, I found myself with some time after school to go try another hot chocolate for the festival, so J came with me to
Cocoa Nymph. It has a good en route location on the northwest corner of W 10th and Alma, and I was pleased to find free wi-fi offered at the cozy little chocolate shop. It promises to be a good secluded study location in the future. We tried
the Ayala and
the Noah, and thus far.. Cocoa Nymph offers both my favourite hot chocolate of the festival this year, as well as my least favourite.
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| The Noah on the left and the Ayala on the right, both drinks together cost $10.08. |
The Ayala had a very rich and creamy cocoa taste with a prominent but not overpowering jasmine aftertaste. I was very satisfied after I finished this drink, even though I did not appreciate the juniper marshmallows on top. J did not mind them, and Jerkface who I later came back with just to have the Ayala again liked them too. The first time I had the Ayala, they melted into the drink after I tasted them because I was busying myself snapping photos, and the second time I didn`t mix them in. I preferred my first time having the Ayala, and less the second time so perhaps I should have mixed them in the second time too.
(There are many factors contributing to that though, including the contrast between the Ayala and Noah the first time and perhaps there was just more jasmine because two different people made the drinks.)
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| A closer look at the cherry marshmallows on the Noah. |
The Noah was less to my taste nor J`s taste. This is my fault because I
failed to read the list of ingredients when I ordered the drinks.
(I was trying to be ambitious and just ordered the only two available drinks.) The Noah had a sweet and sour taste which was a result of a blend of cocoa and balsamic vinegar, topped with house made cherry marshmallows. The marshmallows on the Noah were preferable to the juniper marshmallows on the Ayala to me, but even then I feel the drink might have been too heavy on the vinegar. I am generally not a huge fan of balsamic vinegar in the first place, so I am likely biased. There were others in the shop who enjoyed this drink and had finished the cup long before we finished ours. I regret to say that this was the first hot chocolate I did not enjoy during this festival :(
I enjoyed the company of the employees at Cocoa Nymph, I like its location relative to my school and I like the free wi-fi offered at Cocoa Nymph that makes it the perfect study spot. It is certainly secluded enough, and quiet enough as a studying environment. I will definitely be revisiting when I have finals and exams, it really is the perfect little cozy chocolate shop!
*Cocoa Nymph`s main website:
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