>> HERE IS WHAT IS COMING UP ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF "YOU OUGHTA KNOW."

>> WE ARE CHECKING OUT THE PHILADELPHIA FREEZE.

>> YOU CAN DANCE LIKE THE STARS AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW.

>> FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GIVE THE GIFT OF WARMTH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> AND, WE INDULGE IN CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE FROM AMERICA'S OLDEST CONFECTIONERY STORY.

♪ WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE VERY RELAXED.

>> THIS IS THE MOST COMFORTABLE I HAVE BEEN TAPING ANY OF OUR SHOWS EVER.

>> WE NEED TO DO THIS EVERY WEEK.

>> I AM ON BOARD.

ON THIS EPISODE, WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE STORIES.

>> YOU EMBRACED YOUR EARLY DANCER AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

>> IF YOU SAY SO.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CALL WHAT I DID DANCING, BUT I WILL SAY I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS AT WILMINGTON BLUE BALLROOM.

♪ >> WELCOME TO THE BLUE BALLROOM.

♪ >> WE GOT THIS IDEA THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HOME THAT WERE TIRED OF TRYING TO DANCE TO ZOOM INSTRUCTION AND BB WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE KNEW WE COULD BRING THEM IN.

WE HAVE A BAR.

THEY COULD HAVE A LITTLE DRINK.

FEEL LIKE THEY ACTUALLY WENT SOMEWHERE, ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AND WORK WITH A TEACHER FOR A PRIVATE DANCE LESSON AND HAVE FUN.

♪ >> DANCE DAYS ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AND YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PLACE TO YOURSELF WITH YOUR VERY OWN PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR.

SOUND LIKE FUN, SO I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A WHIRL.

♪ KEN HAS SO KINDLY PROVIDED A DATE FOR ME.

SAY HELLO.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NEED THE CHAMPAGNE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

>> SURE.

>> CHAIRS.

-- CHEERS.

BOTTOMS UP.

I AM READY.

TIME TO PUT MY DANCING SHOES ON.

I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS.

♪ >> STEP, TURN.

THERE YOU GO.

ROCK, ROCK.

1, 2, ROCK, ROCK.

STEP, TURN, STEP, TURN AND ROCK, ROCK.

>> OK. THAT WAS NOT IT.

>> YES IT WAS.

♪ >> MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN ON A DANCE DATE DON'T KNOW WHAT DANCES THEY WANT TO LEARN.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE IT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING TO ENJOY AND HAVE FUN WITH.

THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO MATCH THEM WITH THE TYPE OF MUSIC THEY LIKE OR IF THEY WERE GOING TO A CLUB, WHERE THEY MIGHT BE GOING.

>> CLEARLY, YOU DON'T NEED ANY DANCE EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER TO HAVE FUN.

DID I DO IT?

>> THAT WAS GOOD.

>> WE CAN TAKE A PERSON WHO HAS HAD ZERO EXPERIENCE AND TURN WALKING INTO DANCING.

FROM THERE, THEY START TO WALK AT A CERTAIN RHYTHM HOLDING ONTO THEIR PARTNER.

AND THEY ARE DANCING BEFORE THEY KNOW IT.

>> EVEN IF THAT PERSON HAS TWO LEFT FEET.

>> THE BEAUTIFUL PART ABOUT A COUPLE DOING DANCE LESSONS AND WE SEE THIS IN THE DATE NIGHT IS THAT IT IS NOT A COMPETITIVE THING.

IT IS SOMETHING YOU DO IN EACH OTHERS ARMS AND YOU GET BETTER TOGETHER.

♪ >> NICE.

>> NICE JOB.

>> A DANCE DATE COSTS $98.

IF YOU NEED A LAST GIFT, CHECK OUT THE BLUE BALLROOM'S WEBSITE.

>> THAT IS A GREAT GIFT IDEA.

PLUS, YOU KNOW I LOVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

>> YOU CAN ADD CHALLENGING AND COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

>> THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.

OFF TO THE ICE RIG AT THE UNIT -- ICE RINK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WE GO TO CHECK OUT THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM.

♪ >> THIS CLUB STARTED PROBABLY MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO.

SOME GAL WANTED TO PLAY AND THERE WAS NO TEAM SO THEY STARTED ONE.

IT HAS BEEN THROUGH A FEW ITERATIONS.

NOW IT IS THE PHILADELPHIA FREEZE.

IN OUR LEAGUE, THERE ARE ABOUT 26 TEAMS AT THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

PHILADELPHIA FREEZE IS ABOUT TEACHING WOMEN TO PLAY ICE HOCKEY AND MAKING SURE THEY ENJOY IT.

SOME OF THEM COME IN AND HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND ARE READY TO GO AND THERE ARE WOMEN WHO COME HERE AND HAVE NEVER STOOD ON A SHEET OF ICE BUT SAUL SOMEBODY DOING IT AND WANTED TO DO IT.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE 18 AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHING 70.

EVERYONE IS OUT THERE TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY EACH OTHER.

OBVIOUSLY IT IS GREAT TO WIN BUT HAVING FUN IS MORE IMPORTANT.

WE ALL GET ALONG.

WE ARE FROM ALL DIFFERENT AREAS, ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

WE HAVE FUN ON THE BENCH.

WE HAVE FUN IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

HAVE A GREAT TIME.

>> A FREE ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM.

WE COACH KIDS FIVE TO 18.

ALL WE ASK IS KIDS SHOW UP AND DO THEIR BEST.

I GRADUATED WHEN I WAS 18.

AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING THERE.

I WAS LIKE, I STILL WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY.

I WANT TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO COACH.

IT TENDS TO HELP HAVING A BLACK WOMAN COACH AND GOING, IT IS FINE.

YOU CAN BE JUST AS ROUGH AS THE BOYS AND EVEN BETTER THAN THE BOYS PIT I KNOW THEY HAVE SEEN ME OUT THERE AND DOING WHAT I AM DOING.

IT HELPS THEM GO, I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT.

I TRY TO TELL EVERYBODY, HOCKEY IS THE BEST SPORTS OR GO OUT THERE AND DO IT.

>> I'M A REALLY GOOFY PERSON SO I CAN COME HERE AND HAVE FUN AND GOOF OFF AND PLAY A SPORT THAT I HAVE COME TO LOVE.

>> HOCKEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NICE ESCAPE AND IT IS AN ACCEPTING OF PEOPLE.

IT IS NICE TO COME HERE AND TAKE THAT MENTAL BREAK.

>> I DEAL WITH DEPRESSION SO IT GIVES ME A GOOD OUTLET TO GET MY ANXIETIES OUT.

THESE WOMEN ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK.

AROUND THEM HELPS ME OUT, KEEPS ME LEVEL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY GOALIES ARE INSANE BECAUSE WE WILLINGLY JUMP IN FRONT OF PUCKS GOING 65 TONIGHT IN MILES PER HOUR.

ONCE I HIT THE FREEZE, I KNEW MY LIFE WAS NOT ON THE LINE.

I WILL BE FINE SHOULD >> I THINK WOMEN IN SPORTS FACE OBSTACLES AND THE FACT WE ARE NOT TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS MEN.

WHEN YOU THINK OF WOMEN IN SKATES, YOU THINK OF FIGURE SKATERS.

THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING CLUBS LIKE OURS WHO HAVE ICE HOCKEY AND OTHER SPORTS, NOT JUST FIGURE SKATING.

I HAVE SEEN WOMEN WHO ARE JUST AS GOOD AS SOME OF THE MEN IN THE NHL.

THEY ARE JUST DOING IT FOR FUN.

I BREATHE HOCKEY.

I DO IT FOR LIKE 12 HOURS A DAY.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO THINK I'M A ROLE MODEL FOR GIRLS.

I DO ENJOY WALKING THROUGH A RINK WITH MY HOCKEY EQUIPMENT AND LITTLE GIRLS WATCHING THEIR BROTHERS PLAY LOOK AT ME AND GO, WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?

WHAT DID SHE HAVE EQUIPMENT?

>> ALL OF OUR TEAMS HAVE WON THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.

ALL MY BEST FRIENDS ARE FROM PLAYING HOCKEY.

THAT IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL THING I HAVE TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS.

>> I DEFINITELY LOOKED UP TO ATHLETES WHEN I WAS A KID.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.

IF IT IS FUN, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

>> PLAYING HOCKEY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.

IT IS ONE OF -- IT IS WHAT WE DO.

IT IS HOW YOU START TO IDENTIFY AT SOME POINT.

I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO TRY IT TO TRY IT.

IT REALLY IS AWESOME.

>> THE SKATERS ARE BACK ON THE ICE.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS.

>> DO YOU PLAY PING-PONG?

>> I DON'T.

SADLY, I AM TERRIBLE AT IT.

>> I WAS NOT EXPECTING YOU TO SAY THAT.

SURPRISINGLY, I AM NOT THAT BAD.

>> WHAT?

WHO KNEW YOU COULD PLAY A SPORT?

OK. >> CHECK OUT MY MOVES AT SPIN PHILADELPHIA.

♪ I AM HERE AT SPIN PHILADELPHIA WITH A 14 TIME SWEDISH TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION.

THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE.

>> THANKS FOR COMING.

♪ >> TELL ME ABOUT HOW THE WHOLE CONCEPT CAME ABOUT.

>> OUR TWO FOUNDERS WERE BEST FRIENDS AND THEY STARTED THROWING PING-PONG PARTIES AT THEIR LOFT.

THEY STARTED TO GROW REALLY BIG UNTIL THEY ENDED UP FOUNDING SPIN.

♪ >> I LOVE THE ARTWORK HERE.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

>> WE WORK WITH LOCAL ARTISTS.

>> YOU HAVE ROCKY HERE.

I KNOW THIS IS FUN AND GAMES BUT THERE IS A CHARITABLE SIDE TO IT.

>> EVERY YEAR, WE DONATE TABLES TO SCHOOLS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.

I THINK IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO THINK OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE KIDS PLAY PING-PONG.

WE DO A LOT OF THINGS HERE.

FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE PLAYERS NIGHTS.

YOU CAN COME IN WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS.

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE WITH GAMES WHERE YOU RUN AROUND THE TABLES YOU WIN FREE MERCHANDISE.

IT IS REALLY FUN.

YOU CAN RUN A TABLE WHERE YOU PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

WE HAVE A PRO WALKING -- A PRO WALKING AROUND TO GIVE TIPS AND TRICKS.

FIRST, HOW TO WITH A PADDLE.

IT IS LIKE YOU ARE SHAKING HANDS.

WHEN YOU PLAY, YOU PLAY FROM THE BODY.

YOUR BACKEND HERE AND A LITTLE -- YOUR BACKHAND HERE AND A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY FROM YOUR FOREHAND.

♪ PEOPLE USED THE PLAY AND THEIR BASEMENTS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.

HAVE NOT PLAYED FOR A LONG TIME.

IT IS NOT JUST PING-PONG.

YOU CAN COME HERE.

WE GET FULL SERVICE TO YOUR TABLE.

YOU CAN ORDER COCKTAILS AND HAVE A GLASS AROUND THAT WHILE PLAYING PING-PONG.

ANYONE CAN PLAY.

DOES NOT MATTER AGE OR WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

YOU CAN CONNECT.

>> IT IS A LOT MORE FUN THAN I REMEMBER IT BEING.

>> YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE PLAYER.

>> I AM BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE PLAYER.

[LAUGHTER] >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT IT, IT IS INTERESTING.

WE STILL GET NEW PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT FEELS LIKE NEW STILL.

>> THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE.

♪ SPIN IS OPEN AND BETTER THAN EVER.

CHECK THEM OUT FOR YOURSELF.

THIS NEXT STORY IS HEARTWARMING.

>> A GROUP OF WOMEN IN DELAWARE ARE RECYCLING UNWANTED MATERIALS AND TURNING THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED.

>> THEY ARE NOT REALLY QUILTS AND THEY ARE NOT REALLY UGLY.

♪ THEY ARE FABRIC THAT HAS BEEN DONATED.

FABRIC SHEETS, BLANKETS, MATTRESS PADS.

WE CONVERT THEM INTO SLEEPING BAGS.

♪ THIS IS WHY THEY ARE MAYBE UGLY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COLORS AND WHAT FABRICS ARE GOING TO COME IN.

WE AVERAGE ABOUT 100 A YEAR.

THREE OF US MAKE THE COVERS AT HOME.

THEY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS DEPENDING ON THE MATERIALS.

IF WE HAD NICE BIG PIECES OF MATERIAL, IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG BUT IF YOU HAVE SMALLER PIECES, THEN YOU HAVE TO PATCH THEM TOGETHER I CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

IT TAKES A WHILE.

WE DON'T REALLY SEW THRM.

-- SEW THEM.

WE DON'T REALLY QUILT THEM.

WE TAKE THE NEEDLE IN AND OUT AND TIE A KNOT.

♪ >> THREE LAWYERS AND WE STUFF THEM WITH A SWEATER, SOCKS, GLOVES, AND IT'D HAT, -- A KNITTED HAT, SOME LITERATURE AND WE SAY A PRAYER OVER EACH ONE SO THEY KNOW SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT THEM AND THINKING WELL OF THEM.

>> THE PERSON THAT RECEIVES THIS GIFT KNOW THAT HE IS LOVED.

>> AND THE MEN'S TIES ARE WHAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER AND WE MAKE THEM A SHOULDER STRAP AND TAKE THEM DOWN TO FRIENDSHIP HOUSE.

>> WHERE SO WE ARE AT -- SO WE ARE AT THE FRIENDSHIP HOUSE WILMINGTON EMPOWERMENT CENTER.

WE SERVE THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW, WE HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF THE QUILTS.

MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE PROBABLY JUST A PAYCHECK OR TWO AWAY FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT SOME POINT.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY ARE THE SAME AS YOU OR I.

THEY WANT TO KNOW THEY ARE CARED ABOUT AND OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM OUT.

>> I THINK IT IS A HUMAN THING TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> IT IS CERTAINLY FILLING A NEED THAT IS EVER PRESENT UNFORTUNATELY.

I LIKE RECYCLING THINGS AND SO THESE THINGS, WHETHER THEY ARE TORN OR HOLES IN THEM, IT DOES NOT MATTER.

WE CAN STILL REUSE THEM TO WE ARE PUTTING THAT MATERIAL THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY TO GOOD USE FOR SOMEONE THAT NEEDS IT.

>> WE CAN ALWAYS USE SUPPLIES.

WE ARE SHORT OF MEN'S TIES.

WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF MEN'S TIES.

DOES NOT MATTER IF THERE IS A STAIN ON IT.

IT DOES NOT MATTER.

>> I'VE BEEN MAKING SOME OF OUR HOMEMADE NECKTIES.

ANY TYPE OF FABRIC SUPPLIES THAT THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR OR NEED.

THAT IS THE KIND OF THING WE HOPE THEY WILL REMEMBER.

♪ >> IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CARE ABOUT THEM.

I KNOW THE LADIES PUT A LOT OF TIME AND HEARTFELT FEELING INTO IT AND IT MEANS A LOT TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE CARE.

>> WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODY'S LIVES AND FOUR OR THREE HOURS IT TAKES EACH WEEK, IT PROBABLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

>> YOU TIE A KNOT.

ANYONE CAN DO THAT.

>> HERE IS HOW YOU CAN DONATE MEN'S NECKTIES, SOCKS, HATS, SCARVES AS WELL AS CLOTHES AND FABRICS.

>> SUCH A SWEET GROUP OF WOMEN.

>> THEY REALLY ARE.

SPEAKING OF SWEET, AS CHOCOHOLICS, WE COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS STORY.

>> WELCOME TO SHARE CONFECTIONERY, AMERICA'S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED CANDY STORE.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1863.

CHOCOLATE AS CANDY IS THE RESULT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ONLY COMES ABOUT AND IT WILL LAST 150, 200 YEARS.

-- AND COMES ABOUT IN THE LAST 150, 200 YEARS.

PRIOR TO THAT, CHOCOLATE EXISTS MOSTLY AS DRINKING CHOCOLATE.

DUST REALIZATION BROUGHT ABOUT THIS WAVE OF CHOCOLATE MAKING WHERE THE PHILOSOPHY WAS TO MAKE A CHOCOLATE BAR THAT TASTES THE SAME ALL THE TIME AND IS CHEAP AND ACCESSIBLE IT ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOST DUE TO THAT WAS THE FOCUS ON FLAVOR AND HIGHLIGHTING WHAT CHOCOLATE CAN BE.

♪ THE QUESTION OF HOW IT IS BEING USED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A CONFECTIONERY PIECE.

YOU DON'T WANT CHOCOLATE TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW.

CHOCOLATE BAR, YOU HAVE MORE LICENSE TO LET THE BEEN SAY A LITTLE BIT.

-- LET THE BEN SIT -- THE BEAN SAY A LITTLE BIT.

CHOCOLATE MADE ON A SMALL-SCALE RATHER THAN AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE.

WE AND A SWORD OUT ANY BEING THAT IS TOO SMALL.

ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A BEAN.

COCOA BEANS GENERALLY ROAST LOWER, A LITTLE SLOWER.

WITH COFFEE, YOU CAN CALL IT A DARK ROAST.

YOU CAN ROAST IT LATER AND CALL IT A LIGHT ROAST PIT WITH COCOA, IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE RIGHT ROAST, IT USUALLY JUST MAKES BAD CHOCOLATE.

THE COCOA BEAN IS SURROUNDED BY A THIN HUSK WHICH DOES NOT MAKE VERY GOOD SO WE HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.

WE PASS IT THROUGH A COCOA BEAN CRACKER AND WE USE VACUUM PRESSURE TO SUCK THE LATER HUSKS AWAY -- THE LIGHTER HUSKS AWAY.

WE PUT THEM INTO MACHINES.

IT IS A BIG GRANITE BASE WILL PIT OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS, CRUSHING THE NIBS TO A LIQUID PASTE.

WE REFINE FOR THREE TO SIX DAYS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FINISHED CHOCOLATE BAR AND WE HAND FILE EVERY BAR AND HAND WRAPPED EVERY BAR.

-- HAND FOIL EVERY BAR AND HAND WRAP EVERY BAR.

I THINK GENERALLY, PEOPLE PICK UP A CHOCOLATE BAR AND THEY THINK CANDY AND NOT THIS IS A PLANT THAT SOMEBODY GREW AND SPENT PROBABLY GENERATIONS PERFECTING.

COCOA BEANS ALL TASTE DIFFERENT.

THEY'LL ALL HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORY.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM HAVE THEIR UNIQUE STORIES.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT THAT.

WE WANT TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOW THIS CHOCOLATE BAR GOT HERE.

PEOPLE OFTEN RHETORICALLY ASKED, DON'T YOU EVER GET SICK OF CHOCOLATE?

HOW COULD I?

THERE IS AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF COCOA OUT THERE.

UNTIL I TASTE THEM ALL, HOW COULD I GET SICK OF IT?

EACH NEW ORIGIN IS LIKE A NEW ADVENTURE.

♪ >> SHANE CONFECTIONERY'S -- LONG BEFORE PEOPLE ATE CHOCOLATE BARS, THEY DRINK THEM.

>> WHAT COULD BE MORE COZY ON A DECEMBER EVENING THAN SITTING IN YOUR PJS AND DRINKING SOME BILGES HANDMADE HOT CHOCOLATE?

>> HERE WITH US IS KEVIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE AROMA OF CHOCOLATE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THESE GROUND CACAO NIBS YOU HANNAH BROWN.

TELL US ABOUT THE STONE.

>> THAT IS A TRADITIONAL CHOCOLATE GRINDING STONE TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE A FINISHED CHOCOLATE.

WE HAVE TAKEN COCOA NIBS WE HAVE ROASTED IN HOUSE MB ARE GOING TO GRIND THEM DOWN SO WE CAN RELEASE A LITTLE COCOA BUTTER AND GET THEM READY FOR BREWING.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A BREWED CACAO DRINK.

>> DO I NEED THIS IN MY HOUSE TO MAKE GOOD HOT CHOCOLATE?

>> IT WOULD BE COOL UNDER COUNTERTOP YOU CAN MAKE A SIMILAR DRINK TO THIS BY GRINDING THE NIBS DOWN IN A SPICE GRINDER WORKS FINE.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD AND >> >> A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEW PEER HOW ARE YOU INCORPORATING THOSE TOGETHER?

>> THE WHOLE POINT OF THE CHOCOLATE CAFE WAS SO WE CAN STRESS THE IDEA THAT FOR MOST OF HUMAN HISTORY, CHOCOLATE WAS A DRINK LONG BEFORE IT WAS A FOOD.

WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EARLIEST ITERATIONS OF WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS HIGH CHOCOLATE BUT ALSO OFFER THINGS MORE FAMILIAR TO A MODERN PALLET.

>> LET'S START WITH THIS PROCESS.

THAT IS BUBBLING SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> THAT IS GOING TO DO ITS THING.

>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND DRINK WE ARE GOING TO MAKE.

OUR HOUSE BLEND HOT CHOCOLATE.

THAT IS A SIMPLE DARK WRECKING CHOCOLATE.

OVER HERE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TAKE THESE NIBS AND WE ARE GOING TO TOSS THEM INTO OUR FRENCH PRESS.

THE FRENCH PRESS IS SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WOULD MAKE A COFFEE OR TEA DRINK AT HOME.

YOU ARE TAKING AN AROMATIC AND YOU ARE GOING TO BREW IT USING HOT WATER.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE EARLIEST CACAO BEVERAGES THAT WOULD BE ENJOYED BY MESOAMERICAN'S.

THE FIRST THING YOU WILL NOTICE ABOUT THEM IS THEY ARE UNSWEETENED.

KIND OF THE TRADE-OFF IS THAT YOU GET A PLEASANT FRUITY HI ACIDIC FLAVOR YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT OF A FINISHED CHOCOLATE BECAUSE IT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE REFINING THAT A FINISHED CHOCOLATE WOULD HAVE.

YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

I'M GOING TO HIT THIS WITH SOME HOT WATER.

THAT IS GOING TO STEEP FOR A FEW MINUTES.

YOU CAN PROBABLY SMELL IT ALREADY.

IT REALLY STARTS TO RELEASE THE AROMA.

THE FLAVOR WILL BE FAMILIAR IN THAT IT WILL HAVE A CHOCOLATEY BACKBONE BUT COMPLETELY UNSWEETENED >> THIS WHEN YOU MIX WITH MILK BUT THAT WHEN YOU MIX WITH WATER.

WILL THAT COME OUT WITH THE SAME KIND OF CONSISTENCY?

>>>> IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER HERE.

I'M GOING TO USE THIS TRADITIONAL WHISK, TRADITIONAL MEXICAN FROTHING WHISK.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS A LITTLE STIR.

IT DOES GET PRETTY THICK.

THEN I AM GOING TO -- THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THE ANCIENT AZTECS HAD A BELIEF THE SPIRIT OF A CACAO WAS IN THE FROTH AT THE TOP SO THEY WOULD GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO CREATE THE BIG FROTHY HEAD.

YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH WITH THE DRINKING CHOCOLATE BUT SOME OF THE MESOAMERICAN DRINKS YOU WOULD GET THE FROTHY HEAD AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE DRINK.

THAT WAS WHERE THE SPIRIT LIES.

WE USE DRINK LIKE THIS TO MAKE UP A LITTLE BIT OF A FROTH TO MIX THE DRINK AND INCORPORATE ALL THE COCOA.

>> IT IS GREAT FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

>> I AM MESMERIZED.

THIS WAS THE MILK.

IT IS NOT LIKE YOU RIPPED OPEN A SWISS MISS PACKET.

THIS WAS MILK AND YOU MELTED DOWN THE CHOCOLATE.

>> THAT IS MILK AND FINISHED HOUSE BLEND DARK CHOCOLATE.

A BLEND OF DIFFERENT COCOA WE USE.

>> THIS IS THICKER THAN WHAT WE ARE THINKING OF AT HOME.

>> THIS IS READY TO SUPPORT SO I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

IT IS FAIRLY THICK.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> IT IS ACTUALLY DRINKING CHOCOLATE.

>> IT IS NOT HOT COCOA.

>> AND THEN HERE TO TOP IT OFF HERE, HOUSEMAID MARSHMALLOWS OF COURSE.

-- HOUSE MADE MARSHMALLOWS OF COURSE.

>> OF COURSE.

>> THAT IS AWESOME.

>> BY THIS TIME, THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT READY TO PRESS HERE SO I WILL GIVE THIS A LITTLE STIR.

I WILL PRESS IT DOWN.

NICE AND SLOW.

AND THEN, LET ME GET A LITTLE POOR HERE.

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> THAT ONE LOOKS MORE LIKE A TEA.

I'M GOING TO TRY THE CHOCOLATE TEA.

>> ENJOY.

>> KEVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> BE CAREFUL.

IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE WARM.

>> I WANT TO TRY BOTH KNOW.

>> I LIKE THAT IT IS NOT REALLY SWEET.

>> IT IS PARLAYED -- PRETTY DIFFERENT.

IT ALLOWS US TO TASTE SOME OF THE FLAVORS INHERENT TO THE COCOA WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE GET IN THE CHOCOLATE.

>> DELICIOUS.

>> THESE DRINKS ARE SO GOOD.

I REALLY LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE SWEET -- YOU CAN GET EVERY NOTE OF THE CHOCOLATE.

>> THIS IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

BOTH E STRINGS ARE DELICIOUS.

WHO KNEW THAT CHOCOLATE -- BOTH THESE DREAMS ARE DELICIOUS.

WHO KNEW THAT CHOCOLATE HAD SUCH A RICH HISTORY?

>> SHANE CONFECTIONER IS OPEN FOR INDOOR SHOPPING AND CAN GET HOT TAPS TO GO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEVIN AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

>> WE WILL NOT SEE US FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

>> BUT WE WILL BE BACK ON JANUARY 24.

>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

BYE.

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