Experiences in the world of fine chocolate
I have been giving introduction to origin chocolate tastings for a while now. It is always good fun changing peoples minds about a product they all think to know well and to open a whole now world of flavors. But even more rewarding are pairings. Bringing together two high quality products together and experience how […]
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On the first friday of December, Wijnhandel Neyt from Waarschoot and Beantobar.be came together to organise a wine and chocolate pairing. After a selection round of chocolates, 6 different bars were selected and paired to six different wines. As more chocolates came to the table, so did the wines. Every participant had 3 wines on […]
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On saturday the 19th of November, I had the honour of organising a tasting for a friends club. 15 people attended my introduction to bean to bar chocolate. As always, quiet a few people were surprised by the chocolate itself and wondered why they hadn’t heared about this type of chocolate before. The line up […]
Continue ReadingQuestion: How does one win over the heart of unknowing people for the cause of fine chocolate. Ideally you lure them into a room, close the door and surprise them with the pure class of the chocolates you make them taste. Now, as the luring and forcing may seem a bit drastic, I decided to […]
Continue ReadingWhisky and chocolate… There are times when one hits himself for forgetting his camera! Last week I had such a moment. Through choqoa.com, I found out there was a Whisky+chocolate tasting planned in my favorite Belgian city, Ghent. Evert-Jan De Kort combined his knowledge of quality chocolate with the people of Thebondingdram.eu 6 Whisky’s, each […]
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