Category: Top Notch Chocolate

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Los Rios Ecuador – Hacienda Puerto Romero

Pierre Marcolini Single Origin Bars from Brazil, Madagascar & Los Rios Reviewed

Pierre Marcolini is the only bean to bar to ganache chocolatier that I know. Being a bean to bar to ganache chocolatier means that he has some awesome chocolate bars as well, all single origin, all roasted, cracked, winnowed, refined, ...

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Pierre Marcolini Limited Edition Single Origin Chuao Chocolate Bar Reviewed

Pierre Marcolini is the only chocolatier in Belgium and one of the very few in Europe to make his own chocolate, bringing out the best flavours for all his creations in bars or ganaches. He also is able to buy ...

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Pierre Marcolini Limited Edition Single Origin Alto Piura Peru Chocolate Bar Reviewed

Alto Piura Peru – Plantacion Las Pampas – 85% cocoa chocolate bar I’m always looking for new places to get chocolate from and Peru was always a rare one for me. The beans come from Las Pampas, a small plantation in ...

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Askinosie San Jose Del Tambo Nibble Bar Review

Oh Askinosie, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: San Jose del Tambo, Hazelnut Spread, Davao from the Phillipines, Cortes Honduras, Peppermint Bark, Fleur de Sel, Soconusco, Mexico and now you give all of us yet another ...

Matcha Chocolat Mothers Day Collection

Matcha Chocolat Mother’s Day Collection Review

Mother's Day Chocolates - I have been fortunate and honoured to be able to follow Katie from Matcha Chocolat’s progress from amazing tea chocolates to fabulous tea and other flavours. She now uses some of the highest quality chocolate available ...

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Amedei Single Origin Chocolate Bars Review

Amedei gets a lot of love from a lot of people online and yet I seem to have not had the best of luck with the batched I have managed to buy. So I bought these bars from a speciality ...

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Coppeneur Chuao Chocolate Bar Review

Soma Chocolat may be my first love for Chuao but Coppeneur is my first love for Ocumare. I had theirs before I tried Amano and as my review mentioned, I’m pretty sure I got a bar from a batch of ...

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Domori Hacienda San Jose Chuao Chocolate Bar Review

I’m the world’s biggest fan of Soma Chocolate’s Chuao. The robust fruit, sharp acidity and deliciously unique flavour is something I could wax lyrical on for hours.  Not so other Chuaos which have nutty, almost burnt flavours to me. They ...

Salted Caramel Ecuador Bar from Xocolatl de David

Salted Caramel Ecuador Bar from Xocolatl de David Review

When I was in San Francisco, I bought this bar on a whim. I was in a salted caramel phase and so thought that given some disappointment in the past with single origin bars I would go for a filled ...

Rococo Valentines Chocolate Heart Box Review

I have not been well of late.  I have had a terrible, lingering cold and I have been working quite long hours at the office (yes, I have a full time job as the head of search at an agency. ...

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