Svenksak Kakaobolaget Sri Lanka 70%
The only other time I’ve come across Sri Lankan cocoa is the popular Bonnat Ceylan (which we are currently out
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Trinitario
Trinitario cacao is prized as a fine flavour cacao and named after its birthplace of Trinidad. Trinitario’s origins lie in the wiping out of practically an entire crop of Criollo cacao trees in Trinidad in 1727 by either a disease or some other natural disaster. In an effort to save the tree, the effected plantations were planted in Forestero trees. The two cacao trees hybridized into the new variety that was named Trinitario. This hybrid result contains both the disease resistant properties of the Forestero and the prized flavour values of the Criollo. Trinitario is now grown in a variety of areas such as Columbia, Mexico, Venezuela, and the Caribbean, in addition to its original birthplace of Trinidad. Chocolate bars consisting solely of Trinitario chocolate include Pralus Bars, Rio Caribe by Domori, and Carenero Superior by El Rey.
Ara Chocolat Trinitario Guasare
The area around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela produces some utterly fantastic chocolate, most notably using Porcelana cocoa from the southern
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Kiskadee La Red 85%
This bar has been in my collection for just two months, but it seems a lifetime as I’ve spending more
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Hotel Chocolat Vietnam 80%
It was about time I did a review. I knew I’ve neglected the fine work they’ve been doing recently –
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Pump Street Bakery Patanemo 75%
The Patanemo area of Venezuela is responsible for some wonderful cocoas. But with the likes of established chocolate makers such
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Domori Morogoro 70%
Some chocolate just has so much going on that you really don’t know where to start. On reflection, however, the
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Pralus Djakarta 75%
There’s no point beating about the bush, I just love Pralus. Of course there are plenty of other names which
Read moreMichel Cluizel 1er Cru de Plantation Venezuela Conception
Those liked Michel Cluizel’s 85% bar are very likely to find this one too sweet, but on the positive side, there are some very unusual flavours present.
Read moreHotel Chocolat 66% Sambirano Valley
This bar of Purist chocolate from Hotel Chocolat comes from the fantastic Sambriano Valley region of Madagascar and offers some very fruity, sharp but beautiful flavours. It may not be as rounded as a number of other bars from own-estate makers, but it’s still very good.
Read moreArtisan du Chocolat Jamaica Bean To Bar
This bean to bar experiment from Gerard and his team at Artisan du Chocolat was a fantastic success and I hope it goes to show how much hard work goes into making chocolate for people. This bar was past it’s best so it wouldn’t be fair to judge too harshly, I thoroughly enjoyed it though.
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