Experiences in the world of fine chocolate
Pacari. If there is one name omni-present in the fair trade – organic – origin chocolate, it is Pacari. This Ecuadorian chocolate company has an own vision on the production of quality chocolate with fair trade, organic cacao. And they put a lot of effort in sustainability and social growth af their cacao producers. With […]
Continue ReadingFinally I got back to doing a little review. Well, the bar I’m presenting today may seem little, but not the review! Hilde Devolder slipped this mini bar from Original Beans in my last Purchase. She seems very curious about my reaction to this specific bar. The mini bar is part of a collection Original […]
Continue ReadingTwo little words on a box of chocolate can make my heart skip a beat… Madagascar and Akesson’s. For one, the Madagascar region provides several chocolate makers with the beans to create wonderful, fruitful chocolate. And secondly, Akesson’s took me by surprise with their Bali bar, which brought me one of the most exotic tasting […]
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Continue ReadingChocolatiers, they are strange people. They like to confuse poor beginning chocolate enthusiasts like me. Hilde Devolder talked my wife and me into buying a bar of Amma Cupuaçu, just because she was wondering what we would think about it. It’s like chocolate, she said, but it isn’t. Pretty intriguing and strange. So naturally we […]
Continue ReadingThe first edition of Le Salon Du Chocolat, last weekend in Brussels was obviously something I couldn’t miss. In went in with high hopes of finding some special bars, but unfortunately the accent was on Belgian Chocolate. This means a lot of Belgian producers like Godiva, Callebaut, Leonidas and others were present. Their products appeal […]
Continue ReadingA rainy, dull sunday morning. The kind of day you wish you could be wandering on a sunny beach somewhere on a tropical island. Anyway, that is not going to happen today, so why not review a bar of chocolate. I know I still have some in the cupboard! To be honest, I already had […]
Continue ReadingHave I mentioned I generally like the people who are into the fine quality chocolate business? Not only do you get a lot of information by the producers who are passionate about their product, also other reviewers and enthusiasts seem to appreciate the work one puts into reviewing the dark gold we love so much. […]
Continue ReadingAh, finally my first review of 2014. After fighting of several nose blocking colds, my sense of taste seems te be back at normal. Just in time to discover this tiny bar by Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé, a Hungarian Single Origin bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer. Their Trincheras 70% allready made for a great discovery, so why not push the […]
Continue ReadingAn annoying cold keeps blocking my nose, so any decent chocolate tasting is out of the question. By luck, I’ve discovered a nice magazine to keep my cacao craving mind busy. Unfortunately, “Koffie T Cacao” is a magazine only printed in Dutch, but any of my Dutch speaking readers might be interested in this fine publication. […]
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