Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Ecuador

Today will be tasting bean to bar chocolate from Ecuador, they can have diverse flavours like blackberries, strawberries, less floral notes, figs, woody and liquorice. Pacari Raw 70% a raw chocolate bar produced entirely in Ecuador. I tried some of…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Venezuela

A collection of bars from Venezuela, offering a range of flavours depending on the region the beans are grown, giving it a versatile range of flavours to be discovered from the range of bars. Woody, earthy to red and blue…

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Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Colombia

Today, we’ll be exploring more bean to bar chocolate and tasting bars from Colombia. Typical tasting notes are lighter in tannins than other countries, with notes of honey, spices and sometimes red fruit. Zotter Labooko Colombia 75%. A deeply rich…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From The Caribbean

Today, we’ll be tasting bean to bar chocolate bars from all around the Caribbean. There is a whole host of different flavours to try from these bars! Dominican Republic Chocolate from the Dominican Republic tends to be robust with a…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Asia

Today, we’ll be tasting bean to bar chocolate bars from all around Asia. There is a whole host of different flavours to try from these bars! Malaysia – with notes of spice and smoke. Beau Cacao73% Asajaya Borneo made in London, I…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Peru

Today we are trying bean to bar chocolate bars from Peru! Peruvian chocolate tends to be soft fruits with the flavour of them being more in the north grown beans and getting milder further south. Fruition Dark Milk Chocolate With…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From South America

I’ve tried many chocolate bars that I’ve picked up on my travels. This article I’m covering the bean to bar chocolate bars from South America. This, of course, covers a large area and varying climates and soil conditions, which is…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Central America

Today, we’re tasting bars of bean to bar chocolate from all around Central America and how they differ in flavours. Belize – typical notes of mixed fruit, berries and tropical. Dick Taylor, originally carpenters and boat makers (as a nod…

Tasting Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars From Madagascar

When I first started trying and testing out, as well as learning about bean to bar chocolate, it was the first taste of a bar from Madagascar that got me hooked! I still love bars from Madagascar, think it was…

Tasting Flavoured Bean To Bar Chocolate Bars

Bean to bar chocolate has a lot of flavours that come through from the nature in which the beans are grown in, however, producers are always looking to add more flavours and interest into their bars. This post is about…

Zara’s Chocolates, Bristol – Review

With the weather having a nip in the air, I went on a hunt for the best hot chocolate in Bristol. The hunt was quickly over with one stop to Zara’s Chocolates. If you’ve been following my Instagram for a…

Zotter’s Chocolate Factory, Austria – Review

How far would you travel for a certain food item? Down the road? To a city across the country? How about to another country? That’s what I did for chocolate. Not just any chocolate that you can get at your…

Parcel From Portland {Review – Chocolate Parcel Swap}

Having ended last year with an absolute mountain of nibbled on chocolate bars from my chocolate advent calendar, you would think that I wouldn’t need any more chocolate in my life. Oh, how wrong you are. To start the year…

The Gift of Chocolate {Review- Choc-Swap What I Received}

In my earlier post this week, I shared with you the Chocolate Swap parcel I sent Patricia of My Year In Chocolate in California. It was my turn to receive the goodies. Check out below what I received in our…


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