Experiences in the world of fine chocolate
Next up in my double review: Naive’s dark chocolate with forest honey. The second aroma infused bar I’ll try tonight. Once more I expect a sweeter chocolate bar. How wrong could I be! This time the bar is produced from a Trinitario cacao beans, lightly roasted and conched for 60 hours. The cacao originated in […]
Continue ReadingMilk chocolate… Fine milk chocolate. Now there is a new one on my blog. I must say I’ve been wondering for a long time if the amazing tastes one experiences when switching from bulk chocolate to fine chocolate, would be equally as overwhelming when it comes to milk chocolate. Naive provided me with a nice […]
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 ReadingAnother grey and dull sunday morning. After several days of sunny weather, my mood needs to be lifted up. What better way than to check this bar by Roque Chocolatier I received from a fellow chocolate enthusiast? Rogue is a small-batch artisan chocolate maker from Three Rivers, Massachusetts – USA. If you are into […]
Continue ReadingThe chocolate circle. I’ve written about it before. Somehow the origin/artisan chocolate world is filled with people who are so thrilled by the wonderful products they make or discover, they want to share this knowledge with as many people who will appreciate it! A while ago, I was contacted by Adrienne from the United States. […]
Continue ReadingNo. You don’t need to worry! You are not seeing double, this is just the second part of a double review about the first two samples of Chocolate Naive’s dark origin bars I received. You’ll find more info on Naive in my post about their Trinidad and Tobago bar just below. Well refresh your memory […]
Continue ReadingLithuania. No there is another country I wouldn’t have linked to chocolate some years ago. How little did I know back then. Today I know bean-to-bar chocolate producers are popping up everywhere. In center point of this movement seems to be the USA and UK, but in nearly every country there are chocolatiers stepping up […]
Continue ReadingHigh Hopes. The new single of Bruce Springsteen went through my mind when I finally took this Carré² Chocolat of Pierre Marcolini out of the cupboard for a review. The second bean-to-bar producer in Belgium I found so far. Monsieur Marcolini is a big name in the pralines world in Belgium and his shops are […]
Continue ReadingFinally. FINALLY. I can’t stress it enough. Finally I’ve found a true bean-to-bar producer in Belgium. In the so-called land of chocolate. One of two BTB producers. Ok, i’ll let it go now, but I’m still appalled by the idea we still see ourselves as THE chocolate country. Benoit Nihant who has his workshop in […]
Continue ReadingJ.D. Gross. A name that draws a lot of traffic to this site and one of the first chocolate makers I tried after discovering Origin Chocolate. Why? Because it is easily available in every Lidl store in the world and it is cheap! Produced by Rausch, a German chocolate company, this brand is sold all […]
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