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Sweetness from way down south At Yaletown's Chocoatl hot chocolate is prepared the way it has been in Mexico for centuriesPage 1CREDIT: Peter Battistoni Vancouver Sun(See hardcopy for photo description)CREDIT: Peter Battistoni Vancouver SunChocolatier Themis Velgis has createdcomfort drinks for all occasions.ThursdayApril192007Sweetness from way down southAt Yaletown's Chocoatl hot chocolate is prepared the way it hasbeen in Mexico for centuriesMia StainsbyVancouver SunWednesday April 18 2007When Thelmis Velgis opened Chocoatl inYaletown a year ago he dove deep intochocolate and history. Figuratively speaking.The shop specializes in chocolate drinks longestablished in Mexico (going back a couplethousand years) but new to Vancouver.The name of their shop Chocoatl(pronounced chocoatel) comes from theAztecs. "There are two theories about themeaning" says Velgis. "Choco means bitter.'Atl' could mean water as they didn't usemilk. The other theory is that the wordmimics the "chocochocochoco" sound thewooden molinillo makes when it's whiskingfoam in a chocolate drink" he says. "It usedto be a delicate art. Now we have steamermachines."At the shop chocolate lovers can try hotchocolate made with chocolate infused withlavender rose champurrado (corn) spicesor orange. They do the infusing processthemselves. His chocolates are single originproducts meaning they are from one farm."I have friends in Central America. I havemy importers" he says.Soon they will be making their ownchocolate in Mexico he says. "Why? BecauseI can do it. It's not that much fun buying italready made. You don't get the quality youwant. If I make it myself I can choosewhere the cocoa beans come from to get a specific taste. It's like coffee."In Mexico he says chocolate has been primarily a drink and cooking ingredient."It's more traditional to drink chocolate than eat it" he says.The first chocolate drink in Mexico was a mix of ground co ...

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