I am constantly on the lookout for new and interesting chocolates to bring into the store. I have two new chocolates to report on today, and both are from the US, part of the American renaissance in chocolate making. I'll keep it short here, but if you come into 3CUPS, we'll give you the whole story.

The first is Tcho. Tcho is a rather new chocolate company in San Francisco. They source and make the chocolate themselves with great flavors and great packaging. They are unique in the way they identify their products, by flavor. We've got 2 bars in the store, Chocolatey and Fruity, each $5.99. The beautiful box makes a great gift.

The second is Taza. Taza started in 2005 in Sommerville, MA. They work directly with farmers to source the organic chocolate they use for their stone ground disks and bars. Stone ground? It's a method from Oaxaca, Mexico that (using stones) produces a rustic, granular texture. We've got 3 chocolates in the store, a 70% bar, $6.50, and disks with Guajillo chilies and smoked almonds, $4.50 each. The disks can be used for drinking chocolate, or simply eaten. Yum!