Hello dear Alma friends! This is to say that shipping for holiday 2011 is officially closed. Also, the shop is closed between Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st. After that we’ll be back with fresh treats, chocolate drinks and the best chocolate chunk cookies the world has ever known. Thank you for all your support this past year. We truly, truly appreciate our awesome customers! Love and light and lots of chocolate to you.

Sunday, November 27th
12-4 at the shop

Stop by and sample treats like toffee, barks, sauces and baked goods! Place your holiday orders (at a discount of 10% at the party only!) and be on your MERRY way.

We will be closed this Thursday, November 24.

We will be open this Friday, November 25 from **two** to 7pm and regular hours on Saturday and Sunday! (join us for our annual tasting party on Sunday, nov. 27, 12-4!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are doing lots of work to update our website and make it so easy for you to buy online or find out what is happening in the shop! Look for our updated look soon!
In the meantime you can still get all the goodies you want by clicking on the “online store” and placing an online order. Or feel free to call and talk to one of the Alma crew about your chocolatey needs! We’ll take good care of you!

Bon Appetit loves our habanero caramel (and we must admit it is a long-standing favorite of the Alma staff, too)!

Want some? Just go to the online store and click on catelog!

We will be closed this Sunday, August 15!

Stop on by the other days to try our smooth and creamy pints of ice cream! Today’s flavors include Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Bean Custard, Chocolate Sorbet, Pistachio Custard and Coconut Sorbet with Chocolate Chunks and Salty Marcona Almonds!! Our flavors change often, so you can expect this list to be ever changing. The past few weeks have included Peach Sorbet, Cherry Sorbet, Lemon Basil, Dark Chocolate with Chocolate Covered Nibs and lots more!!

Also try our new seasonal fruit (vegan) truffle(!) made with whatever fruits are going crazy at the farmer’s market that week, dark chocolate and creamy coconut milk. Currently we have both Boysenberry Peach and Blackberry Cherry! Raspberries are done, but keep an eye out for more peaches, plums and pluots!

We will be closed this Sunday and Monday, May 30 and 31. Have a great weekend!

Well, not really but they like our spicy habanero caramels a lot! Check it out:

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/eat-and-drink/articles/food-lovers-guide-0310/8/

The Food Lovers’ Guide to Portland

55 tasty destinations for the culinary adventurer in you (Hope you’re hungry!)

By Mike Thelin, Martin Patail, Kaitlyn Evans, and Eva Hagberg
Sweets

“Find-It!
The Find: The habanero caramel (@Alma chocolate)”

Alma is in here! Check out our fancy-pants self!

“Why the World Needs Chocolate”

by Jaqueline Michard

2/14/10

Each year at this time, Americans purchase as many as 58 million pounds of chocolate for Valentine’s Day. A heart-shaped candy is standard, but these days, biting into one doesn’t guarantee you the old-style vanilla cream. Boutique and artisanal chocolatiers are changing the culture of confection as we know it—and making the world better one bonbon at a time…

http://www.parade.com/food/2010/02/14-why-the-world-needs-chocolate.html

Here is a little preview of what we will have in the shop for Valentine’s. Online, too. Starting Feb. 1.

A milagro style flaming heart

Valentine’s Day

Chocolate is for lovers—chocolate lovers, that is. Available February 1st through 14th.