Comments for Chocolate Reviews

Comment on Patchi Chocolate Selection Box by Patannlambert

Patannlambert — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:00 +0000

would like topurchase box as adore these chocolates but short of going to harods cannot find how to order for uk

Comment on Win A Dozen Valentine’s Chocolate Covered Strawberries by Yasmin Mohammed

Yasmin Mohammed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:55:00 +0000

I’m following chocolatereview & BerrieClaire on twitter (@YasminAmrGaber) and tweeted the colour of strawberries when they are ripe.

Comment on Oialla Organic Wild Chocolate from Beni, Bolivia by Geert Vercruysse

Geert Vercruysse — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0000

Hey Lee, I do have the same box (gift from Vera Hofman). I like the chocolate but I think these small squares of chocolate are to expensive. Ok for the chocolate but the packaging !!!
Original Beans Beni Wild (Felchlin) is my favorite of all Beni’s.
Greetings
Geert

Comment on Blanxart Chocolate by Melodie Wong

Melodie Wong — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Was looking for Blanxart online too! But yeah, pure spain is charging too much for shipping for me to even consider it. Pity.

Comment on Madre Chocolate Bars by Vercruysse Geert

Vercruysse Geert — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

Nice work Lee, totally agree with your findings, some of these bars are very special to taste and unique to use for bonbons. I like there (Nat&David) way how they look at chocolate, very origin some times very different than we use to think of how chocolate must taste,
Thanks for this review,
Geert

Comment on Jamaican Chocolate and Cocoa fom Jamaica by Nikie_nina

Nikie_nina — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:45:00 +0000

Am jamaican farmer and i have a cocoa farm , am making artisan chcolate with only Jamaican beans when you come downone day give a bass you can visit our farm and enjoy chocolates on us .
nikie_nina@yahoo.com

Comment on Naked Cocoa Orange Premium Fruit & Nut Bar by Victoria Colewood

Victoria Colewood — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:00:00 +0000

I like the touch of chocolate one, I had them as I wanted to eat more healthy snacks rather than cake, etc.! and I think that they support animal aid the charity. But biting into one was like eating an expensive truffle, a delight. Pity that they don’t sell larger boxes for slightly less money per bar though as there are only 4 in a box. Also they don’t have the gingerbread one at my supermarket.

Comment on Black River Chocolates Selection Box by Ron P.

Ron P. — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Lee. If you would, what source(s) are you using for your info? And are you saying the Capuchin friars brought cacao to Ecuador in 1635?

As for unique selling props, there are other companies featuring Jamaican cocoa exclusively.

Comment on Black River Chocolates Selection Box by Lee McCoy

Lee McCoy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000

Hi Ron, no I was pointing out that Ecaudor started growing cacao on scale 45 years or so before Jamaica.

I agree others have used Jamaican cacao for filled chocolates before, but I contend they haven’t made it their USP.

Comment on Black River Chocolates Selection Box by Ron P.

Ron P. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0000

1. This line from the review is confusing:
“Of course Jamaica is responsible for some fine cacao and plantation owners have grown the crop there since around 1680 – with Ecuador largely regarded as the first in the region when the Spanish Capuchin friars who brought the bean there in about 1635.”

Ecuador first in what region? The Caribbean? The Ecuadorian littoral faces the Pacific Ocean.

Is this supposed to infer that Jamaica imported Ecuadorian cacao in 1635? What’s the source of this claim?

2. Others have used Jamaican cacao in filled-chocolate prior to Black River.