Chocolate And Coffee Tasting Experience

Chocolate And Coffee Tasting Experience

Learn to Experience chocolate and coffee the expert way! Custom coffee tasting kit and Raaka chocolates included.

What participants do

Can there be a better pairing than chocolate and coffee? Both are grown in similar parts of the world, the cacao and coffee beans have a lot in common, and the Experience of each is enhanced by the other. Join one of Driftaway’s coffee educators for this 60 minute Experience where you’ll discover secrets to tasting chocolate and coffee, and how a pairing of them works!

This Experience is a great option to get into the holiday season mood, and a great gift for those who love coffee and those who love chocolate - and it’s especially fun for team-building or with prospective customers. You’ll be working with the Driftaway Coffee Kit that comes with your purchase of this Experience: it includes three hand-selected coffees from around the world, sampling cups, tasting forms, and a detailed flavor wheel. You'll also receive three carefully curated chocolates from Brooklyn-based Raaka Chocolate paired to go with the coffee.

Your educator will introduce you to the bring-to-your-body-temperature chocolate-tasting technique, and the side-by-side coffee tasting technique that pros use (no coffee maker required!). You’ll Experience the chocolates by themselves, the coffees by themselves and then both together as a pairing. At the very end is the big reveal, when your educator shares the origin and profile of each coffee and chocolate. You’ll leave this Experience appreciating both chocolate and coffee in a whole new way, and there'll be plenty extra of each to enjoy after the Experience too!

What’s shipped to participants

Kit includes-

1. Necessary cups and forms
2. 3 pre-measured coffees
3. 3 bars of chocolate from Raaka Chocolate
4. Additional Coffee Voyager Box to be enjoyed after the tasting
5. Grind sample (for whole beans)

Note: typically everything is shipped together however, for certain warmer zip codes, coffee and chocolate will ship separately (additional charges may be added).

About your hosts

  • James McCarthy has just short of two decades of professional experience in specialty coffee, ranging from barista to manager to roaster, as well as being the 2013 World Brewer’s Cup Champion. He has a strong passion for coffee education and firmly believes that coffee can be accessible. He uses his years of experience to deliver information in a fun, approachable way.

  • James McCarthy has just short of two decades of professional experience in specialty coffee, ranging from barista to manager to roaster, as well as being the 2013 World Brewer’s Cup Champion. He has a strong passion for coffee education and firmly believes that coffee can be accessible. He uses his years of experience to deliver information in a fun, approachable way.

Can you ship internationally?

Yes! We can ship to about 50 countries around the world for your international participants. Additional shipping fees apply and includes customs and duties so that the recipient does not need to do anything.

Note that we require 21 days for delivering internationally.

Do you provide a Zoom link for the tasting?

Yes! We do.

We're also happy to use your Zoom or another meeting platform if needed.

How do you collect shipping addresses and other preferences?

We'll create and share a form for you to send to all participants. It typically takes 2 minutes to fill out.

Responses come to us directly and we will confirm the list with the organizer before shipping any kits out.

When do you need shipping addresses by?

We typically require all domestic addresses 14 days before the event, and international addresses 21 days before the event date.

Late additions and rush shipments are available on a case-by-case basis.

Will you share tracking information for kits?

Yes! We will share tracking information with each participant for their kit, and also a master list for all kits with the primary contact/organizer.

Our goal is to ship kits so that everyone receives it 3 to 4 days before the event, and not much earlier (so that the coffee is fresh). If you have a group of participants distributed across the country, we'll ship the faraway ones first (West Coast) and the closer ones (East Coast, Northeast) last.

How does invoicing work?

Once all addresses are submitted, we'll share a final list with the organizer for confirmation, and invoice via Stripe. The invoice is due in 1 business day and can be paid online via credit card or ACH.

Once the invoice is paid, we'll release the kits to our operations team for shipping.

What is your privacy policy re: PII (address information, email)?

We do not use your names and e-mails for any marketing purposes. We'll hold on to the address information for 30 days and then delete the files.

Google Drive's purge processes apply after 30 days.

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