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"The city’s richest winter warm-up is the gourmet drinking chocolate here, with choices from milk and white to dark and spicy dark, sipped in spaces that feel as cozy as they taste—the Back Bay shop evokes a cottage in the city, and the Harvard Square and Coolidge Corner locations are equally charming. Pair a cup with a slice of linzer torte or earl gray mousse cake, and don’t leave without a box of the whimsical chocolate mice, each handmade in 12 steps over three days." - Madeline Bilis