Tag Archives: bean to bar

ASKINOSIE Cortes Honduras Review

Creating a bar from beans is no mean feat. There is the sourcing and the checking and the process of elimination and then monitoring growing conditions and staff conditions and ensuring everyone is being paid properly and that children aren’t ...

Rogue Chocolate Rio Caribe 70% Chocolate Bar Review

It was on a recent trip to the US that I was tasked with getting some Rogue Chocolatier chocolate bars. I failed until the very last day when I stumbled across them in a CocoaBella shop. Luckily I found some. Now, ...

Coppeneur Ocumare Venezuela 72% Chocolate Bar Review

It was on a whim when I was in a giddy mood that I bought this chocolate. I was literally a girl in a chocolate shop and I was surrounded by chocolate from all over the world. The place ...

Coppeneur Menavava Madagascar 72% Chocolate Bar Review

There is a beauty in a mould poured perfectly which has intricate little designs on it and yet is bubble-free. It speaks of someone who takes the time to do things. It shows a perfectionism you do sometimes ...

Soma Dual Origins Chocolate Bar Review

Soma Dual Origins Madagascan and Dominican Republic Chocolate Bar Review – There are times when I shop for pleasure and times that I shop out of necessity. Then there are times I shop because I am sad and this ...

Scharffen Berger Ben Tre Vietnam Chocolate Bar Review

I visited the Scharffen Berger shop in San Francisco and spotted this bar and decided to try it. Now, given who owns Scharffen Berger, it was suggested to me that I not bother. (sarcasm) Apparently small companies bought ...

Original Beans Esmeraldas Milk with Fleur de Sel Chocolate Bar Review

When milk chocolate comes with a percentage you know it is posh. This 42% 50h conch milk chocolate bar with fleur de sel sea salt is made with beans that come from Northwest Equador and help with the conserving the ...

Original Beans Cru Virunga Chocolate Bar Review

This 70% chocolate bar says it has a very short 20h conch on the wrapper. This worried me only slightly as I know some chocolate needs to be messed with less to keep more flavour. A longer conch ...

Original Beans Beni Wild Harvest Chocolate Bar Review

I was really looking forward to trying this bar after my experience with the Alto Beni bar from Soma. I think at time Soma inject pop culture references and Alto Beni is another one of those but Original Beans ...

Original Beans Piura Porcelana from Peruvian Andes

I like the porcelana bean. It’s got this sexy light colour and is always spoken about in hushed reverent tones. The bean itself is beautiful and the scent of the bean (when treated properly) follows it through to the ...