- The Chocolate Tree – Ecuador 82% Alex Rast, 14 Dec 2012
- Friis-Holm – Chuno Double Turned Alex Rast, 3 Dec 2012
- Friis-Holm – Chuno Triple Turned Alex Rast, 18 Nov 2012
- Chapon – Chuao Alex Rast, 18 Nov 2012
- Red Star Chocolate – Ocumare 72% Alex Rast, 17 Oct 2012
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Directly Traded collection from Geert Vercruysse
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Chocolates made in Nicaragua
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‘I always find good food, even in the most improbable places’
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International Chocolate Awards
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Chocolate makers of the Lower Rhone
Directly Traded collection from Geert Vercruysse
Belgian chocolatier Geert Vercruysse creates a unique collection of ganaches using directly traded chocolate, just in time for the birth of new industry organisation, Direct Cacao.
Chocolates made in Nicaragua
Carlos Mann, founder of Momotombo Chocolate, shares his experiences of making fresh chocolate in Nicaragua
‘I always find good food, even in the most improbable places’
Q&A with Maricel Presilla, winner of the Outstanding Chef Mid-Atlantic prize given by the prestigious James Beard Foundation. She is a member of the Grand Jury of The International Chocolate Awards taking place in London on May 28
International Chocolate Awards
Announcing the European semi-final of the International Chocolate Awards, plus the winners of the Italian National Competition, recently held in Florence in April.
Chocolate makers of the Lower Rhone
The artisan chocolatiers of the Lower Rhone region of France have been making chocolate for at least 100 years. Seventy% digs out their stories.
Patric – Madagascar 67%
Alan Patric McClure is another key player in the vibrant chocolate movement currently building in the United States and has been since 2006. There are three Madagascan offerings in his range displaying the differences inherent ...
Valrhona – Gran Couva 2010
The original plantation cacao bar, from a source first suggested to Valrhona by Robert Linxe of La Maison du Chocolat. Also the first bar to really be marketed by its year of production or ‘vintage’. (Though laying ...
Pralus – Tobago Estate Chocolate W. I.
Pralus’ second experiment with a single-plantation chocolate (the first being the Claudio Corallo bar, which might not be called a “pure” or at least not a “classic” chocolate bar), at least if one...
Divine Chocolate – 85%
One of the most visible Fair Trade companies in the UK comes out with an ultra-percentage chocolate. Whether this is a wise thing to do with a source such as Ghana, which typically does not fare well at high percentages, is que...
Madécasse – 80% Cocoa
Here is another business model along “fair trade” lines, but with the additional benefit of processing locally as well as sourcing responsibly. As always, there are concerns over production quality: can a country wi...
