FLOAT REVEAL, FREE CHOCOLATE AND MORE!

Cocoa West Highlights

Cocoa West is far West of the Field.

Cocoa West tent will be stationed in the Crippen Park Field (to the left of the ferry) adjacent to Gate 3 and the Harvest Stage. We will be serving up our creamy hot chocolates and signature coffees, so come stop by and say "hi"!!

We will also be sampling The Sojourn, which is one the new hot chocolates to enter the collection – instant hot chocolate Cocoa West style.

AND, If you purchase any beverage, you will be entered to win the entire collection of personality bars (Alicia, Calder, Kelly, Joanne and Marina). The staff will be changing in the fall, so the bars are delicious, but limited edition! 

For your amusement, Carlos Vela-Martinez has volunteered to be in the dunk tank, so make sure you make it worth his while! The first person to dunk Carlos will get a free box of hot chocolate! He will be at the dunk tank at 1:15pm.

 

Here are some photos of us in last years Safari theme where we showed off our "Great White North Safari" float.

Carlos looking for moose.

Our Float

Kelly, Alicia and Carlos at the CW tent.

Kelly makes a mean hot chocolate.

Carlos, Joanne, Kelly, Marina and Alicia showing off their lumber jack pipes.

 About Bowfest

For those of you who don't know, on August 27^th from 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, Bowen Island will be having it's annual Bowfest! It's the perfect opportunity to experience the Bowen culture – there will be lots of food, drinks, music and laughter. It is an all ages event, with a parade, pony rides, slug races, face painting, boat building, a lipsyncing competition and games during the day. The evening will be live music, beer gardens and yummy snacks during the late afternoon/evening. Adam Woodall, Wasabi Fox and others will be performing, so you don't want to miss out! 

So, come and join Cocoa West, island residents, businesses and social clubs for the highly anticipated “Under the Sea” theme! All participants in the parade have been secretly working hard on their floats and will be revealing their masterpieces at the parade. The floats and businesses will be honoured for best in the following categories:

• Best Theme
• Best Community
• Best Commercial
• Best Family
• Best Individual
• Best Overall

For more information you can visit the Bowfest website

CAN'T MAKE IT TO BOWEN?

Medium Box

Since some of you can't always escape to beautiful Bowen Island everytime you need a Cocoa West fix, we will bring it to you! We are now accepting orders for our boxes of chocolates and will bring them with us to the market on North Shore Green Market days (dates are on Facebook). Boxes will be comprised of our Maitre Chocolatier's special selection of seasonal truffles.

New Package :D

Also... we will be bringing the whole collection of our super delicious hot chocolates! Come by to check out the new packaging and try the fabulous new blends! The deadline for orders is Thursday evenings and can be placed via contact@cocoawest.com or by telephone: 604.947.2996

This week we will be featuring our Bombay Truffle, if you don't remember it's a creamy milk chocolate ganache, infused with aromatic chai and black tea and then finished with our signature bombay cocoa powder. Yum!

Hope to see you there!

MEET THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

The Hot Chocolates

We have recently added to our retail hot chocolate collection! So, without further ado, we would like to introduce you to the new kids on the block – The Classic, The Seville and The Sojourn. The Classic is milk chocolate with cinnamon blend to tingle your tongue; The Seville is our darkest hot chocolate and also has slight hint of cinnamon to stimulate your taste buds; The Sojourn is our take on “instant” hot chocolate -- but sooo much better than the usual powdered stuff. It's just as rich and smooth as the other flavours and uses the same organic whole chocolate and is perfect for camping, or on the go without the compromise of flavour. If you don't already know, all of our hot chocolates are certified organic and made with whole organic chocolate. We use highly innovative formulation to make you the perfect cup (or should I say mug) of hot chocolate.

The Packaging

The newly designed packaging is a sleek charcoal brown with our signature swirls and a punch of colour to distinguish the six blends. Consistent with our philosophies, we decided to change the packaging and  switched from our cylinder tins to an environmentally friendly, recyclable box. We believe it's important to contribute to a healthy planet, not only with the ingredients we use but also the packaging that we put it in. The packaging is easier to recycle as the outer box is made from paper. The inner foil pouch is resealable and blank so you can use it to for your snacks when your done.

To significantly reduce our carbon footprint, and to support our local community these new boxes are manufactured in Richmond, BC. Our new packaging, weighs approximately 30% less than our previous metal containers, which will further reduce our carbon footprint and shipping costs!

Finding Them

As of Friday, midnight, you will be able to purchase them online, our retail shop and soon to follow: Urban Fare, Edible Canada and The Ruddy Potato.

The Classic – A creamy milk chocolate with a slight touch of cinnamon – simple, but delicious.

The Signature – A mouth watering blend of milk and dark chocolate with a hint of aromatic spices. 

 

The Sojourn – A gourmet instant hot chocolate – easy to make on the go!

The Seville – A robust blend of dark chocolate (71% cocoa mass) with a slight touch of cinnamon.

The Poblano – A blend of milk and dark chocolate with a slight hint of heat.

SUMMER SUNDAE FUN DAY!

Every Sunday During The Summer Months, We Will Be Featuring Refreshing and Delicious Banana Split Sundaes!

Two scoops of our premium gelato are nestled between a sweet organic banana,topped with crunchy toasted pecans, seasonal organic berries, finished off with a dollop of fluffy organic whipped cream and drizzled with our gooey caramel and decadent chocolate ganache. Sound good? We think so... :) $6.25