Blood for Chocolate?

Bittersweet Cafe is proud to be teaming up with the American Red Cross on March 25th at our Danville location. You can click on the link to set up an appointment time to donate.

Blood is such a valuable commodity these days and needed by so many. Please stop by and take the time to give the gift of life.

Fundraiser For A Good Cause

Mark your calendars....Bittersweet Rockridge is doing a fundraiser for a wonderful non-profit, Lafayette School Mentoring Project, on Monday, October 26th. Just mention their name when you order and 20% of the proceeds will go to LSMP for the day.

We are very happy to support the community and those who are helping and supporting others.

The store will be open until 9:00PM on that day to accommodate those who wish to show for the cause. Please stop by, purchase a drink, and help Lafayette School Mentoring Project continue their good works.

Chocolate Club To Start This Month!

Chocolate Clubs are forming now, are open to the public, will meet once per quarter, to teach the ‘art’ and nuance of chocolate tasting

Seneca Klassen, chocolatier for the Bay Area’s three renowned Bittersweet Cafes, will host once per quarter chocolate tastings through newly formed Chocolate Clubs. Each of the three Bay Area Bittersweet Cafes will have its own club.

The Rockridge Chocolate Club will kick off on October 29 from 8:00-9:30 PM, the Danville store’s first meeting will be November 19 and the San Francisco’s Club will enjoy its initial meeting on December 17.

Forming now, the Chocolate Clubs at each store will be limited to 18 regular members plus seven open spaces reserved for on-the-spot sign-ups for each meeting. Annual memberships cost $20 which includes four chocolate tasting meetings (one per quarter) and a ten percent off discount card for Bittersweet purchases. Individual meetings will cost $5. The first Chocolate Club meeting at each store will cost $5 so people may attend and see what’s in store before making a full year’s commitment.

"Focused chocolate tasting is a great experience and offers a new way to really appreciate the amazing palate you find in chocolate," explains Klassen. "Like any other fermented varietal food, chocolate is affected by factors ranging from genetics to soil, climate and microbiology. We look forward to exploring this territory with our in-store chocolate clubs."

“The initial club meetings will introduce members to the various aspects of chocolate tasting so people will have an opportunity to see what the concept is all about, and the chocolate club membership might be a great gift for your favorite chocoholic,” says Bittersweet co-founder, Penny Finnie.

Klassen will guide members through the chocolate tastings at each store. He is the creator of Bittersweet Origins chocolate and makes the “bean-to-bar” chocolate in 50-pound micro-batches, making each bar unique. He uses cacao beans from the Dominican Republic, Bali and Venezuela for his Bittersweet Origins chocolates and roasts and prepares the beans in Bittersweet’s Berkeley production facility. Klassen spent this summer in Oahu, planting a 15-acre 7000-tree cacao plantation.

Sign ups for each Chocolate Club are available at each Bittersweet location. The first meeting is $5 to reserve your seat. Space is limited, so please act early.

Hot September Nights!

Every Thursday Night in September, beginning September 3rd, Bittersweet Cafe is Hot!

From 6:00-9:00 PM Receive 20% Off Drinks.

Celebrate the coming of Fall, the kids being back in school, life, and chocolate on Thursday Nights.

See ya here.

Back to School!

Save the date! Friday, August 28th, from 4-7 PM we are having a Back to School Event! Bring your school ID and Buy One Milkshake and Get The Second for 1/2 Price!

Write this one down, because you won't want to miss it!

See you then and enjoy your new school year!

Closing Early Tonight for Event!

Tonight is the Chocolate Tasting Event with Seneca Klassen and so many people signed up we are closing early to accommodate them. I am sorry to say that the event is full and for one night only we will be closing at 7:00 PM.
Thank you for your patience and understanding and we will see you bright and early on Friday morning!

Chocolate Tasting Event is Full!

Our Chocolate Tasting Event being held on June 25th is now full. Thank you all for your interest and we will try to have another one soon.

Tonight! - Customer Appreciation Night!

This is our opportunity to say "Thank You" for helping Bittersweet Cafe be the place to be! Stop by tonight between 7-9 PM and we will have treats and tastings and specials on all our merchandise. Let us pamper you! I will see you tonight!

Thursday, July 23rd - 7-9 PM - Ian Huddleston Performs!

Ian Huddleston, a renown musician, will be performing acoustically on the guitar for your listening pleasure. His taste run across the board so you never know what he will play next, but you know it will be good. You may have met him already behind the counter here at Bittersweet and we would like you to get to know his other talents. Bittersweet will have a special on his favorite drink all night.

Grab a loved one and enjoy some live music and chocolate bliss.

Thursday, July 2nd - 7-10PM - Ice Cream Social!

As I promised, more events are on the way! This next one is Thursday, July 2nd, from 7-10 PM, is a celebration of Summer and everything good about it, our Ice Cream Social!

Come and join us for specials on our ice cream treats and help us bring in warm weather and days of no school. It's July and the heat is on. What better way to cool down and celebrate the coming Independence Day than with ice cream!

Grab the kids and stay out late at Bittersweet Cafe.

This Thursday is Customer Appreciation!

Mark your calendars, this Thursday, June 18th, from 7-9 PM is Customer Appreciation Night.

We are planning on having some treats and tastings, and maybe a special item or two, so be sure to stop by and meet your friends. Bittersweet wants to say "Thank You" for being such great customers and helping us be the "hot spot" in the neighborhood. We have been going strong for 4 1/2 years and are looking forward to many more.

Customer Appreciation Night, this Thursday from 7-9 PM. See ya here!

Poetry Reading This Thursday from 7-9PM

Just a reminder of our Poetry Reading this Thursday, June 11th, from 7:00-9:00 PM, featuring our own Chelsea Martin and some of her friends. We will also be having a special on her favorite drink, Chocolate Milk. For more information just click on the link on the left hand side of this page.

See you here!

New Event Addition - June 18th

Another addition to our Summer Events series is our Customer Appreciation Night on Thursday, June 18th, from 7-9PM.

Be sure to mark your calenders and bring your family for some treats and tastings and fun goings on. We will have some specials and it is a chance for you to enjoy Bittersweet as we say "Thank You" for helping to make Bittersweet Cafe a success and the place to be.

Keep your eye on this blog as more events are on their way!

Thank you and come join us for the festivities.

New Series of Events to Start Soon!

I am currently trying to put together our next round of Thursday Night Events, but I already have a couple on the books, so get your calendars out!

June 11th: 7-9:00 PM - An Evening of Poetry Readings by Local Artists
The headliner for this night is our own, recently published, Chelsea Martin. She will be reading from her book Everything Was Fine Until Whatever. Chelsea and a couple of her friends, Mike Young and Brandon Scott, will be on hand to read some of their favorite poems to delight the crowd. It will be a great night of emotion and culture by some of our own. Also, we will have 10% OFF on Chelsea's favorite Bittersweet Cafe drink, Chocolate Milk.

If you would like more information about Chelsea Martin's book you can find it here.


June 25th: 7-9:00 PM - Chocolate Tasting with Seneca Klassen
Once again world renown Chocolatier Seneca Klassen will be here to lead a romp into the world of chocolate. Bring your loved ones and any chocolate related questions you may have, Seneca will have the answers. The size of the tasting is limited, so please call to reserve your space now, we can only allow 20 people to participate. - Event is now full! Thank you!

So get ready Bittersweet fans and keep your Thursday Night's open. We are going to be having fun this summer at Bittersweet Cafe!

Absolutely Divine Chocolate Tasting in Danville on Saturday!

This Saturday, May 9th, at the Danville Store is the Absolutely Divine Chocolate Tasting from 12:00-4:00PM.

Mark Magers will be here from Divine Chocolate, bringing tastes and answering questions about the company.

Divine Chocolate is the world's first farmer-owned Fair Trade chocolate company, founded in the UK in 1997. Divine is a leading Fair Trade brand in the UK and a pioneer in the world of socially responsible enterprise. Divine founded the US company in 2007.

The 45,000 members of Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union in Ghana co-own Divine, guaranteeing the farmers meaningful input into decisions about how Divine is produced and sold. In addition, Kuapa Kokoo receives a share in the profits from their ownership shares and in 2007 celebrated the first distribution of dividends from Divine UK. Divine's ongoing success means that, in addition to the benefits brought by Fair Trade, the farmers also have a secure source of income from their brand ownership that continues to grow year on year.

This is a great opportunity to talk to a chocolate producer on a large scale to find out how it is done and taste the Divine results.

Grab the family and swing on by to taste the Divine!

Bittersweet Cafe, Danville
730 Camino Ramon
Danville, CA 94526
925-837-9900

Chocolate Tasting in Danville Tonight!

Are you looking for something cool to do tonight? Just a short drive out to our Danville store and you can join in the fun!

The event you all have been waiting for and requesting will be this Thursday, May 7th, from 7-9 PM, Seneca Klassen will be holding on of his world famous Chocolate Tasting seminars.

There is limited seating, so please be sure to register and lock in your space now. It is only $5 and you won't be disappointed. There will be a variety of chocolates to taste and discuss, so bring those questions, because we will have the answers to all your chocolate queries. No question is too big or too small.

We will discuss origins and regions, storage and viability, all things chocolate.

Just call or come in to reserve your seat at the chocolate tasting table. See you there!

Bittersweet Cafe, Danville
730 Camino Ramon
Danville, CA 94526
925-837-9900

Sunday's are Fundays!

In the New Year we are trying something new. Every Sunday is Game Day at Bittersweet Cafe, we are calling it Sunday's are Fundays.

Here's the scoop:

When you buy a drink and a pastry you will receive a copy of the Sunday New York Times Crossword Puzzle.

So come in from the cold on Sunday's and have some family fun time. Sunday's are Fundays and Bittersweet Cafe Rockridge.