June 4, 2005

One Montezuma, please

Now I know what to do on my next trip to Florence.  Hemingway's.

How's this for a review. I have seen God in a cup of chocolate.

the very best was their Mexican-style drinking chocolate, called the Montezuma, a viscous drink made with very bitter chocolate, seasoned with chillies, aged Cuban rum (I don't drink, either, but I had two of these), and cinnamon and nutmeg. The longer I held sips of Montezuma in my mouth, the more flavors and subtleties I discovered. The chillies suffused my sinuses and the rum made my whole abdomen glow gently, like banked coals. This was, without a doubt, the best thing I ever tasted, and possibly the best sensation I've ever experienced. I've seen people in religious ecstasy. That's what this felt like.

Posted by Jill Fallon at June 4, 2005 11:41 PM | Permalink