Treize Chocolats
At Treize Chocolats, a company based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, chocolate making is more than a profession, but a way of expressing pure, simple feelings.
Pascal Daoust, the founder, has had an inspiring journey to get to where he is today. Having experienced significant health issues at a young age, he was limited in the career choices he could pursue. It was a bit by chance that he fell in love with the chocolate factory, following a great opportunity to stay for several months in France. When he returned, his goal was clear: to create his own chocolates and pass on his love of this fine product.
Today, Treize Chocolats is a well-established company in Montérégie that offers a wide range of small sweet delights using as many Quebec ingredients as possible.
From bean to bar
In addition to offering a very wide range of products, Pascal also specializes in the creation of “bean-to-bar” chocolate bars, from bean to bar. This therefore allows him to practically control the entire tablet manufacturing process, from roasting the selected beans to their shelling, grinding, kneading, conching, tempering and molding. He can therefore create chocolates totally in his image!
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Treize Chocolats - Passion in every bite
Doing this 5, 6, 7 days a week, you have to love what you do. For many, chocolate is a simple little pleasure in life. For others, like Pascal Daoust, chocolate is more synonymous with pass...
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The little gourmet pleasures of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Description
From the cherry tree to the cup, from the bean to the bar and from the earth to the glass, this excursion will introduce you to the little gourmet pleasures in the heart of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Your morning will begin among the aromas of coffee at the Bean et Bonheur roaster. Steve, the co-owner, will introduce you to the world of coffee through responsible purchasing, coffee culture, roasting, the language of this beverage and finally a comforting tasting.
You will then head a few steps further to the artisanal chocolate factory Treize Chocolats. Pascal, master chocolatier, will introduce you to his profession by taking you behind the scenes of his workshop. He will introduce you to his bean-to-bark process and offer you a tasting of his succulent chocolate.
The day will end on the Terre à Boire brewing farm, where the Oligny family, both farmers and brewers, will imbue you with their know-how and their passion for the land and good beer! You will discover their process which goes from their land and their hops to the glass. Finally, you will end your tour by tasting their tasty organic beers.
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