Not far from our apartment is Angelina, a tea salon.
Angelina was founded in 1903 by an Austrian named Antoine Rumpelmeyer. The salon is named for a family member. The interior of the salon is elegant--decorated in the Belle Epoque style.
Although Angelina is a salon de thé, it is well-known for one thing: hot chocolate that is almost as thick as pudding, According to Angelina.fr, its signature African Hot Chocolate (chocolat l'Africain) "is composed of three carefully selected kinds of African cocoa from Niger, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The secret recipe for this chocolate mix is specially put together for Angelina. The combination of these different types of chocolate from different lands lends Angelina's hot chocolate its exceptional taste and distinctive character."
Famous Parisians who have frequented Angelina include Coco Chanel (who lived nearby), Marcel Proust and (you guessed it) Some Random Hottie.
Mmmm, they know hot chocolate at Angelina.
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