Usually, as I would come to learn, the practice involves a specific type of Colombian chocolate that is boiled with sugar cane. But, in this case, a lower carbon footprint comes at the expense of authenticity.
Generally speaking, the local purchase would be something to celebrate, befitting today's trends. Like any fashionably minded foodie, the first thing I want to know has to do with sourcing: Where does the chocolate come from? The answer is less exotic than expected: "Oh, we just bought it here."
"Drink it a-slowly, and if you wanna know something, just think about it and she'll tell you," I'm told. She told him he'd live to see 80 in fact, he made it to 87.Ī good story, if nothing else, and there are far worse ways to drop $20. The circumstances are far from the same, but the transition brings to mind a story my grandfather told me about visiting a palm-reader before shipping off to war. But, on this particular day, I'm feeling adventurous, and the timing just seems right, as I'm leaving my dreamy but demanding job as a food critic and heading home to confront family issues. Both of her daughters, as I would later learn, are carrying on with this sweet-tooth shamanic legacy.Īs much as I respect family traditions and enjoy tales of mysticism, I also fancy myself a skeptic, the kind of guy who quickly shuffles past the common neon "psychic" sign and wonders what nefarious business transactions are truly covering the rent. Diez's family, passed down to descendants who show an interest or intuitive talent for the practice. In that light, the mystical switch from spent coffee to chocolate residue makes some sense.Ĭhocolate reading is a tradition in Ms. In Colombia, however, locals are known chug their chocolate caliente like Americans guzzle grande lattes. Of course, I'd heard about fortune-tellers interpreting tea leaves and coffee grounds, but never chocolate. This explains why I misspent too much of my early twenties in bed chasing bong hits with Yoo-Hoo in search of enlightenment.įar less is written about any alleged psychic properties. Much has been written about chocolate's psychoactive effects, how the chemicals in cacao stimulate your brain in a way similar to sex and marijuana.
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