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Peru 100%: This is the mildest cocoa I have ever come across. This substance is ideally suited for a chocolate with 100% cocoa content in which you will feel nothing else but cocoa on the palate. A veritable crossing of borders. Two pure South American blends are processed into dark chocolate queens with 10% cocoa difference.
Brazil 60 (Medicilândia): Medicilândia is a place which resembles the Wild West. It is located at the Transamazônica, the road which extends itself from East to West throughout Brazil and divides the rain forest. In the vicinity of this windy village the organic pioneers, the family Vronski and Laercio Rodriguez Monta, surprise everyone with their outstanding harvests. At our company this cocoa with a soul celebrates its first premiere abroad as a dark chocolate.
Nicaragua 80 (Horizont Cuvée): Horizont Cuvée is dedicated to the development organisation Horizont 3000 that takes care of our cocoa projects in Nicaragua. I have to thank this organization because they have guided me to the most remote areas of Nicaragua for many years. Cocoa is a tradition in Nicaragua. We obtain the best cocoa from three different cooperatives in Nicaragua, a country that still bears the scars of civil war. Extensively roasted at 132°C, classically rolled and conched, this cocoa ENRICHES this 80-percent chocolate.
El Oro 70 (Ecuador): In the province of El Oro, meaning The Gold, the cooperative Urocal cultivated the Cacao Nacional. Even during the roasting process, this national cocoa gives off an unmistakable odour. For me, the utmost in chocolate enjoyment is dark chocolate with a content of 70% cocoa: That has precisely the correct amount of sugar for the excellent aromas of the cocoa. The sugar is blended with the cocoa during the rolling process. The chocolate has its flavour literally pressed into it.
Don Urtado & Don Francisco 80 (Nicaragua): Producing a chocolate with a content of 80% cocoa is technically a challenge because a high content of cocoa and a low sugar content present an almost insurmountable problem for the rollers. We use a special. process: Prior to rolling we isolate a small amount of cocoa butter from the cocoa paste and then add it again during conching. This enables us to produce a high-percentage chocolate with an excellent aroma that requires a cocoa of outstanding quality. We obtain this cocoa from only two farmers: Don Urtado and Don Francisco.
Nicaragua 70%: This 70-percent chocolate promises a multi-layered cocoa aroma on the palate because it consists of a cocoa cuvee from the cooperative Unisproca with which we cooperate closely and amicably.
Peru 70 (Satipo Pangoa) conched for 20 hours: Amarru is a pure Criollo. This first-class cocoa is a rarity. The Amarru-double is our invitation to a gourmet experiment. The same cocoa variety and recipe, however, with different CONCHING PERIODS. Allow both varieties to dissolve on your tongue and feel free to compare them. During conching one can decide for several different directions in taste. Is it to be full-bodied, with a hot touch and a sour note or preferably mild, smooth, with just a touch of spices? It is the process of conching that does this job.