"S'no problem Chickie, I'm just not used to customers so early. Have a seat at the bar and I'll get started on that for you straight away."
Valentina was already behind the bar rifling around until she pulled out a mason jar marked simply Chocolate Spices and an even larger jar of dark chocolate shavings. Bringing them into the back with her as she got the milk started on the stove. When she returned, she held in her hand a copper sauce pot filled half way with a thick mesmerically dark pool of chocolate that wafted the aromas of vanilla and spice as well as chocolate.
"Y'sure you don't want a little nip of amaretto in this? It's how I usually make it. Won't get you tipsy or nothing, just warms the throat."