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No. 01 — The Winter IssueLuxury mobile hot chocolate & experiential hospitality

Hot chocolate, but make it An event.

Ivory ceramic mug of hot chocolate with whipped cream, cinnamon and a scalloped cookie
Fig. 01 — Whipped cream, cinnamon, the house blend.

The Hot Chocolate Bar creates luxury mobile hot chocolate experiences — custom branded carts, styled service and experiential catering for brand activations, corporate events and private celebrations in Los Angeles and New York City.

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Hands in burgundy knit mittens holding a cup of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows

The Guest List

Selected hosts
Aman New York A24 Le Labo BODE
02 — The Experience
Three cups of hot chocolate in kraft sleeves with whipped cream, cookies and chocolate on marble
Overhead view of a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and a cookie on a saucer

A hot chocolate bar
built for the camera.

This isn't beverage catering with better napkins. It's hospitality designed to be seen — a styled bar, a considered menu and a uniformed team, built around your guests, your photographers and the content your audience posts before the night is over.

  • For the guestA cup worth carrying around the room.
  • For the cameraEvery surface styled, lit and finished to photograph.
  • For the brandA moment your audience shares on your behalf.
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03 — Custom BrandingRecent transformations

Ours, then yours.

Every element of the bar can carry your brand — the cart wrap and canopy, the cups, the marshmallows, the menu. Bring a palette, a logo or a full creative brief, and we'll return a bar that looks like it was always yours.

  1. 01Cart wrap & canopy
  2. 02Branded cups & sleeves
  3. 03Stamped marshmallows
  4. 04Custom menu & signage
  5. 05Front panel & logo placement
  6. 06Service ware, palette & uniforms
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Custom FARM Rio printed hot chocolate cup with blue whipped cream and branded marshmallows
FARM Rio — printed cups & marshmallows
White hot chocolate cart wrapped with simplehuman branding on a New York sidewalk
simplehuman — full cart wrap, New York
Green BÉIS branded hot chocolate cup beside a matching suitcase and passport
BÉIS — branded cups
Cup of hot chocolate topped with a custom printed marshmallow on a pink background
Custom-printed marshmallows
Black ceramic mug with matcha whipped cream beside a bamboo whisk
Fig. 06 — Matcha, black glaze, a bamboo whisk.
Furry winter gloves holding a cup of hot chocolate
White mug of hot chocolate with caramel drizzle, whipped cream and a cookie
Fig. 07

après (n.) — the hour after, when the good part starts.

04 — Destinations

Now pouring in two cities
Branded hot chocolate cart on a New York City sidewalk
New YorkCity
40.71° N · 74.00° WManhattan · Brooklyn · The HamptonsHot chocolate catering in NYC
05 — The OccasionsIn this issue

Where we pour.

06 — Field Notes

Field Notes

Dispatches from the bar — places, guests, menus and the small things we notice in season. Filed as we go, sent to your inbox.

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Hot chocolate with a custom printed marshmallow
No. 14 — [Location]

Printed marshmallows, a blush saucer, rose petals.

No. 13 — [Location]

[One observation from the night — written like a diary line, not a review.]

BÉIS branded cup with suitcase and passport
No. 12 — [Location]

A green cup, a matching suitcase, a passport.

Hot chocolate in a porcelain cup and saucer
No. 11 — [Location]

Porcelain, a striped straw, winter light.

Furry gloves holding a cup of hot chocolate
No. 10 — [Location]

Shearling gloves, first cup of the night.

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07 — Plan an Event

Make it an event.

Tell us the city, the date and the guest count. We'll come back with a concept, a cart and a plan.

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