Tomorrow morning, I drive down to San Francisco for track 2 of the touring Epson Print Academy. I'll be staying in Burlingame right near Max's Opera Deli which serves The Ultimate Chocolate Cake. I'll be taking the train into the city and bussing it around town. After the seminar, it's off to the Bittersweet Café for shopping and a drink. Not sure about dinner yet. If I'm still awake at 8pm, I'm off to see Lavay Smith at Biscuits & Blues just two blocks from where the seminar is being held.

At the BC, I'll be looking for the new Domori bars as well as Michel Cluizel Amer de Brut, Castelain 85%, Guittard Sur del Lago 65%, and Pralus - Ghana 75%, Colombia 75%, Chocovic Guyave, and seventypercent.com's #1 bar Amadei Chuao,

I was concerned that the local chocolate maker, Sjaaks, who won our first chocolate tasting may have had added flavors. I stopped in at Sjaaks yesterday and was told that it does not. I still think that it was 54% compared to on the average about 72% tipped things in their favor for us nouveau tasters.

But, not to worry. Sjaaks has a 70% bar which will be in the next tasting. One of the tasters will be one of Sjaaks choclatiers. Should be interesting to see how he does .