chocolate espresso in the media
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March 2008 -- Virgin Blue Voyeur magazine, City Guide NSW

Top Tour
"Indulge, then walk it off on a two-and-a-half to three-hour chocolate espresso tour of Sydney. Visit superb chocolate shops, coffee spots and tea houses while exploring one of the world's most exciting cities. It's a delicious holiday treat or the ideal antidote to a stressful week."
March 2008 -- Jetstar magazine (Good Taste)

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Feb/March 2008 -- Vogue Entertaining and Travel
Dec 2007 -- New Zealand Herald (Travel)

"I'm a caffeine addict so the chocolate espresso tour is a no-brainer ... [A]t Sydney's oldest coffee shop we savour our fix of choice ... Pepped up, we head off to sample a variety of Belgian, French and Swiss chocolate creations ... It is the cheapest therapy you will get."

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Oct 2007 -- Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month
Sept 2007 -- The Sun-Herald (Travel, Daytripper)

"We taste pastilles that pass the test of good chocolate: they snap like carrots if you bite them and melt on the tongue if you don't."

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Sept 2007 -- Jetstar magazine

"If you want to spend a morning exploring Sydney's best chocolate secrets - and yes, tastings are included - try one of chocolate espresso's tempting tours. The 3 hour tours take in a variety of chocolateries, from French to Belgian to Australian, and you'll learn plenty about chocolate on the way. For instance, to really taste dark chocolate, don't bite it: let it slowly melt in your mouth to unleash its complex flavours."
Apr 2007 -- Sydney Morning Herald (Radar, Table for Eight)
Summer/Autumn 2007 -- Haigh's Happenings

"The original idea that Shelagh Coleman came up with was coffee tours - but whilst exploring, found chocolate too! Since they go so well together, chocolate just had to be included. Tours run for two and a half hours in the mornings, Saturday to Tuesday, also Saturday afternoons. As well as tastings, tours include historical information, and the first stop on their weekend morning tours is Sydney's oldest coffee shop, just up the Strand from Haigh's."

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Oct 2006 -- Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month
Spring 2006 -- Sydney Weekender magazine
Aug 2006 -- The Sunday Telegraph (Body and Soul)
Aug 2006 -- Where magazine
July 2006 -- Sydney Morning Herald (Good Living)
June 2006 -- The Sunday Telegraph (Escape)
June 2006 -- Travel + Leisure Australia
May 2006 -- Channel 7 Sydney Weekender
May 2006 -- Sydney Morning Herald (Good Living)
Feb 2006 -- Sydney Morning Herald the (sydney) magazine
Jan/Feb 2006 -- ABC Life etc magazine
Jan 2006 -- Virgin Blue Voyeur magazine
Dec 2005 -- The Australian (Travel and Indulgence)
Oct 2005 -- Sydney Morning Herald (Good Weekend)
Oct 2005 -- The Daily Telegraph (Style)
Oct 2005 -- Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month

press release
be tempted

chocolate espresso walking tours

Now Sydneysiders and visitors can get the real taste of Sydney by being tempted with the city's two favourite passions - coffee and chocolate.

Sydney business partners Amanda Osburn and Shelagh Coleman have spent months putting to the test Sydney CBD's massive array of coffee spots and chocolate houses.

They have chosen what they consider to be among the best the city has to offer and put them together in chocolate espresso walking tours.

"It's a perfect combination," Amanda said. "You indulge in famous Australian and international chocolates, taste unique coffee blends and walk it all off in the same day."

"And we even offer snippets on history and architecture as we wander through Sydney's bustling and beautiful CBD between coffee and chocolate stops."

"Our tours introduce people to the passion of coffee and chocolate. People on our tours will be able to compare boutique with popular mainstream coffee blends, watch and understand how a barista creates a coffee and learn the differences between mocha and macchiato, latte and flat white. But best of all we'll be enjoying samples on the move. It's a lot of fun."

Shelagh said many people would never realise you don't have to fly to Belgium to taste fine hand-made Belgian chocolates.

"But Australia too has a deep history in chocolate making. In fact one well known chocolate maker is among only a few in the world who are so fastidious they roast their own cocoa beans right at the start of the chocolate making process, continuing on until the finished product sits upon the shelf."

"The delightful factor of our tours is the only way to compare is to try."