Word: valrhonaã
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Rosenblum’s guide on his European adventures is Chloe Doutre-Roussel, a French chocoholic who once scaled the wall of Valrhona??€™s Rhone Valley factory in order to catch a glimpse of production at her nation’s most secretive chocolatier...
What makes the interior of Valrhona??€™s headquarters so alluring? Consuming one of the vaunted company’s carefully-crafted chocolates is a transcendent experience for Rosenblum and fellow connoisseurs. When Rosenblum samples a Valrhona specimen in a Paris shop, he writes: “A subtle but unmistakable parfum of fresh mint flooded my mouth, and a peppery undertone sent happy pinprick signals to corporeal outposts...
Doutre-Roussel succeeds in her attempt to penetrate Valrhona??€™s closely-guarded headquarters, but she fails in her later mission. As the chocolate buyer at the London department store Fortnum & Mason, she undertakes a quixotic bid to introduce the British to fine chocolate. But she quits in frustration at her customers’ persistent desire to buy violet creams...
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