Experiences in the world of fine chocolate
And there it was. A big black monolith, standing proud… in the background, the first notes of Strausses “also sprach Zarathustra” start to rumble. Who ever thinks chocolate can’t move you deeply is lying. Today I opened up a bar of Raaka chocolate. Madagascar origin. Somia farm. A well known name – the Åkesson estate. One […]
Continue ReadingAra Chocolat has been featured several times before on my site. They have a wonderful collection of origin bars, most of them I tried so far. The French chocolate maker is set apart by its own vision on how good chocolate should taste. I was intrigued to see they had created a Porcelana bar! Their […]
Continue ReadingLithuanian producer Chocolate Naive is one of the more intruiging chocolate makers around. Lithuania is little known as a chocolate country, but it shows it doesn’t matter where you are from, there is always a way to create something stunning. Former experiences with their products showed me they create wonderful tasting bars with an own […]
Continue ReadingAfter a long period of silence on this blog, I finally found the time to go back to origin chocolate. Colds and bussiness trips kept me busy, but it is hard to resist the call of quality bars! Ara Chocolat, who very recently provided me with two new and exciting bars, are based near Paris […]
Continue ReadingHidden deep within my secret stash of fine chocolates, this little beauty was waiting to be reviewed. Sadly this is the final American bar I have laying around and knowing the US artisan chocolate scene produces some of the most exciting bars, this is a sad fact. French Broad’s chocolates have passed by on this […]
Continue ReadingFlavor infused chocolate. Wherever you look, there they are. Bars consisting of chocolate combined with added flavors, from fruits to spices, from nibs to salt. The world of fine chocolate is enormous diverse as it is, packed with chocolate bars that take your senses from one flavor tone to the other. But combine this brown […]
Continue ReadingAs a first review of 2015 I just had to start with something good. Somehow and for whatever silly reason it might have been, it seems I have overlooked a small yellow bar in my secret fine chocolate stash. As I was sweeping through my collection today, it caught my eye and there was little […]
Continue ReadingChef’s drops. I like the sound of that. Makes you feel important! This Christmas day was the very first time I changed from simple reviewer to chocolate creator. I gave truffle making my first shot. But when I do something like this, I want to do it right. So I used Willie’s Cacao 71% Madagascar […]
Continue ReadingDuring the last edition of the Origin Chocolate event I had the enormous privilege of tasting the brand new bar created by Marou. It was so new they didn’t even have artwork for a new wrapper yet. Samuel Maruta offered me a bar of this new origin as a sample for my blog. I simply […]
Continue ReadingToday we go red. There is no room for compromises. Today is 100% chocolate! Akesson is The name in the fine chocolate world when it comes to Madagascan cacao. Bertil’s Ambolikapiky plantation produces some of the finest cacao around and countless bean-to-bar chocolate makers use his cacao to create their masterpieces. But Akesson also produces their own […]
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