Silver award from Academy of Chocolate in 2011 (Best Milk Bean to Bar category).
Bronze award from Academy of Chocolate in 2009 (Best Milk Chocolate Bar category).
“The Chocolate Maker’s Notes:
When I buy cocoa beans, I have the opportunity to visit a wondrous array of communities that are far from the beaten path. Ocumare is one of them. Ox-cart width streets lined with colonial houses testify to Ocumare’s long history. Ocumare’s cocoa has been highly prized and exported since at least the 1600’s. The people of Ocumare are gentle and humble; whose culture is a mix of Indigenous and Spanish with influences from the Caribbean. I greatly enjoy my time in Ocumare visiting with its people, telling stories, sharing our chocolate and enjoying their cocoa.
It is hard labor intensive work growing cocoa. Each time I make chocolate from these wondrous beans, I always think of the time that I spend in Ocumare and of the hard work that its humble farmers put into growing and preparing them for me. The least I can do is to try to honor their efforts with vision, care, and love.” (source – Amano)
Ingredients: cocoa beans, whole milk powder, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole vanilla beans.
