Chocolate Culture Club is a fantastic little space in Chiang Mai that serves cacao and coffee made from beans grown and harvested by them in Northern Thailand. The café/bar offers not just coffee and chocolate based drinks, but alcoholic cocktails using these products, including chocolate beers. They offer a hot chocolate (iced or hot) with or without marshmallows, one with matcha added and two with coffee. Prices range between 125 and 170 Baht. The hot chocolate is beautifully presented and is made, I’m assuming, using one of their many chocolates. The drink itself is very whipped and aery so you don’t really taste the chocolate, but it was still really enjoyable.
I was sad that they didn’t offer a tasting of their chocolates, the boxes of which are lined up near the cash but without samples. Each has very unique flavour notes and you can ask to taste one at a time but no additional information is available from the staff behind the counter, at least in English. I really wanted to know more about how they have so many bars with such distinct flavour note. The chocolate bars (which confusingly say couverture on them) say the origin of the beans and the variety. Each is numbered, although I couldn’t get any info as to why. I know that there are two founders but not much more than that unfortunately. So more questions than answers which is unfortunate because it is such a great concept. Check out their instagram as they sometimes also have baked goods made from their chocolate and live concerts onsite.
Chocolate Culture Club, 141/2-3 Chang Moi Rd, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Hours: 9:30 – 19:30. chocolatecultureclub.com @chocolatecultureclub
