"Chocolate and coffee shop by day, Tempered Fine Chocolate transforms into something out of the French underground at night. They trade frozen hot chocolates for absinthe cocktails under a green light in a quiet area of Germantown. The cocktails here are good—shout out to The Milk of the Poppy with pisco, orgeat, and egg white—but the real highlights are the flights: three absinthe pours served with sugar cubes, fancy spoons, and paired chocolate truffles. Come when you’re feeling extra sultry and want to sip on something sophisticated while you engage in conversations that are the opposite." - Ann Walczak