(photo by Amano)
Ingredients: cocoa beans, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole vanilla beans.
Chocolate Maker: Amano
Amano 70% Ocumare Dark Chocolate
(photo by Lee McCoy)
Silver in “Best bean to bean dark” category – Academy of Chocolate Awards 2009
“Once in a great while, a great chocolate is created. This is one. We have created this chocolate exclusively with beans from the Ocumare Valley in Venezuela. The beans from Ocumare create a chocolate that is rich and chocolately but is also complex in flavor with hints of red fruit such as plum. We have created this bar using our traditional machinery and our own touch of love. If you have been waiting to see what an American chocolate maker can do, this is the bar for you.” (Amano)
Ingredients: cocoa beans, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole vanilla beans.
Amano 70% Jembrana Dark Chocolate
Amano 70% Madagascar Dark Chocolate
(photo: Amano)
2009 Academy of Chocolate Awards – GOLD in best bean to bar dark category
2008 Academy of Chocolate Awards – BRONZE in best bean to bar dark category
“The quality of chocolate is influenced by time and place. Flavor changes with the seasons and is intricately tied to the soil and climate. At the turn of the century, Criollo cacao trees were brought from Venezuela to the island of Madagascar. We craft this chocolate from beans from the offspring of those trees. The mild chocolate character comes from the trees’ Venezuelan heritage. The hints of citrus come from Madagascar’s soil and climate and are unique to beans from Madagascar. The marriage results in an extraordinary chocolate you will love.” (description on the bar)
Ingredients: Cocoa beans, Pure cane sugar, Cocoa butter, Whole vanilla beans.
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