Category: Top Notch Chocolate
La Maison du Chocolat Christmas Star Reviewed
I enjoy Maison du Chocolat chocolates so much I often travel to the store to buy some. I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Christmas launch and we got to try a number of their chocolates as ...
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William Curley Laurent Perrier Champagne Truffles Reviewed
In the wild, as it were, champagne truffles are made from marc de champagne. Now, while the process is in a way related to the champagne process, it is really a brandy that is produced by distilling the grape skins, ...
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Valrhona 2010 Limited Edition Single Estate Bars
I managed to buy these bars on a trip to the US and I thought that these grand cru bars were really original and innovative. The bars were great and I wrote these notes but the pictures of the bars ...
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WIN Geert Veracruysse Chocolate Ganache Box Worth £7
Geert is a bit of a legend in the UK chocolate scene. Full of energy, visiting us for exclusive events then disappearing again, his focus is on creating the best ganache possible from the best coverture possible. He once offered ...
White Monkey Jasmine Tea Chocolate Truffle by Demarquette
I was the fortunate recipient of one of the first jasmine monkey tea truffles made by Marc Demarquette. The myth is that monks used to train monkey’s to gather the tea and this is how it got its name but ...
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Amano Dos Rios Dominican Republic Chocolate Bar Review
Amano is an amazing company. They are situates in the beautiful state of Utah and are in a quite industrial estate. Indeed, unless you know that they are there, it is almost impossible to find them. It was to their ...
Amano Chuao Chocolate Bar Review
I have the most amazing client I absolutely love working with and I was in Utah visiting with them and as a surprise the wonderful gentleman driving me between campuses took a detour off the highway and brought me to ...
Jean Paul Hevin Coro Chocolate Bar Review
Upon looking at this bar, I knew it was never going to be as good as Aria. Where Aria had pure origins and only cocoa butter, sugar and cacao as ingredients, this added soya lecithin and vanilla. Either some beans ...
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Jean Paul Hevin Aria Dark Chocolate Bar Review
I’m always cynical when it comes to French chocolatiers. Most are not bean to bar and have simply had Valrhona make something for them. According to the pamphlet, this chocolate in 100% pure Madagascan criollo which is a great country ...
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Duffy’s Ecuador Cocoa Nibs & Oak Smoked Salt
Duffy, as readers of this blog will know, is a race car mechanic. He tours the circuits by weekend and in the week works at the factory – both the car factory and chocolate factory. He also works with some ...
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