Temperature. The left half of the display of our tea machine. On the blue display, the words “brew temp” and “90 °C” can be read.

Water. A metal measuring jug half filled with water on a granite kitchen countertop, with a white wall in the background.

Tea. A white saucer with loose tea and a small spoon on a granite kitchen countertop. Next to it is a Chinese metal tea caddy set against the background of a white wall.

Time. The left half of the display of our tea machine. On the blue display, the words “brew temp” and “90 °C” can be read.

What makes tea so special is that quality does not end with the leaf.
Water, tea, temperature and time all play their part in the final result.
I love that this care can turn into real pleasure in the cup.
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A drawer in a low white kitchen cabinet containing several round Pu-erh cakes, all already opened and kept in their original paper or wrapped in kraft paper. On the cabinet are a small dish and a Pu-erh knife, and part of a tea machine can also be seen.

Our Pu-erh drawer, where cakes quietly mature.
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The book of tea / Kakuzo Okakura Tea : History, terroirs varieties / Kevin Gascoyne [et al.] Tea is for everyone / Chan Sin Yan The classic of tea / Lu Yu

Tea Sommelier Handbook / Australian Tea Masters Culinary tea / Cynthia Gold, Lise Stern Tee Sommelier / Gabriella Lombardi Les feuilles de thé / Joelle Danies, Lydia Gautier

Tea Sommelier : a step by step guide / Francois-Xavier Delmas, Mathias Minet Geography of Chinese tea / Sergey Shevelev Tea sommelier handbook / Victoria Bisogno, Jane Pettigrew Grow you own tea / Christine Parks, Susan M. Walcott

This is an anthology of the tea books we love and use a lot; including the earliest known book on tea (8th century) and a book on cooking with tea leaves.
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A wooden table with 12 small wine tasting bottles. In the background, large plants on the left and right, and in the middle a TV screen showing a floral still life.

Tasting night: 12 bottles of wine, but it’s more appearance than reality… 24 cl in total 😉
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Four tea tasting sets, with the cups filled with Assam tea. On the left, a blue saucer sits on a precision scale on which the tea has been weighed out. On the right, two corners of tea bags are visible.

Four Assam teas tasted side by side: Mangalam, Tonganagaon, Rembeng and Mokalbari (FTGFOP1).
Each tea has its own character, but what stands out is just how broadly Assam proves to be suited to chocolate pairings.
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Two white tea cupping sets with two metal tea storage tins above them. At the bottom are two white cupping cups, both filled with orange-brown Da Hong Pao tea, the one on the right slightly darker than the one on the left.

Da Hong Pao battle. One from a supplier in Berlin, the other from Milan. They’re both perfect: one a bit spicier, the other with a buttery nuance. But the question is: which one pairs best with our chocolates?
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On the stainless-steel table stands a melting pot filled with melted milk chocolate. A mould has been filled and rests on the edge of the melting pot. On the wall at the end of the table hangs a screen displaying a photo of a carré. To the left of the table stands a white refrigerator.

Atelier, working day.
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View of K&K Chocolade-atelier: World’s Smallest Chocolate Factory over the roof of a white car covered with yellow autumn leaves from an ash tree on Bemelerweg in Maastricht. It’s a grey day and the leaves bring colour to the scene. The fluorescent lights inside the atelier are on. To the right of the atelier stands a small acacia tree, and across Keerderstraat the white neighbour’s house is visible. On the left, our own home can be seen, attached to the atelier.

Autumn in Maastricht.
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The front of K&K Chocolade-atelier on Bemelerweg in Maastricht. The logo sign is visible with the lamp above it turned off. Above the sign hangs a branch of Pinot Noir grapes, and below it a branch of a rose. To the right is the wooden front door with a small holder containing business cards for passers-by. On the glass of the door there is a “Recommended by TripAdvisor” sticker.

K&K Chocolade-atelier
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Two print proofs of wraparound bands for our chocolate carrés, in ten earthy colours. The paper is sustainable (unbleached and uncoated) made from elephant grass (Miscanthus) and certified pulp.

Exploring a new design for our chocolate carrés.

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The front of World’s Smallest Chocolate Factory on Bemelerweg in Maastricht. Next to the façade stone is a branch of a Pinot Noir vine growing in the garden beside the building. Above the stone, part of the second-floor window is visible; below it, a section of the door with glass panels. Reflected in the glass are the trees on the opposite side of Bemelerweg.

This is the façade stone at the rear of World’s Smallest Chocolate Factory. The back door opens into the interior of our home. Surrounding the stone are the traditional field kiln-fired bricks which help define the character of our house, both inside and out.

The façade stone at the front and at the rear (inside) of K&K Chocolade-atelier - World’s smallest chocolate factory.
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A row of small white serving plates on a dark countertop, each holding a white, milk, or dark chocolate variety.

Chocolate and wine, or chocolate and tea… so many possibilities, so many perfect pairings!

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A brick house with wooden shutters and a green trim on the roof. This is K&K Chocolade-atelier: World's smallest chocolate factory in Maastricht. The bright sunlight casts shadows on the facade. Part of the image shows an interface element with the text 'You can now follow us on Bluesky' and 'We are now on Bluesky'.

Monique and I, we love blueskies... 😉
Our website.
www.kk-chocoladeatelier.nl

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