(photo: Valrhona)
2011 Academy of Chocolate awards ? BRONZE in best bean to bar dark category (ex aequo)
2009 Academy of Chocolate awards ? GOLD in best bean to bar dark category (ex aequo)
2008 Academy of Chocolate awards ? GOLD in best bean to bar dark category (ex aequo)
(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.
Cocoa beans from Sambirano Valley, Madagascar (single estate). Read More →
(photo by EverJean)
“The ancient cocoa bean, cultivated on the Venezuelan Chuao peninsula, is the gold of kings. They alone were allowed to open that treasure chest of aroma and flavor. Now Amedei brings that perfection in form, flavor, and purity to the entire world for the very first time.”
“Aromas: Fresh aroma of cacao and of processed chocolate, with red fruit (cherry, raspberry, redcurrant) and exotic fruit sensations.
Taste: Clean snap, delicate flavour, fresh, acid, takes possession of the mouth with decisive notes of fully matured redcurrant and cherry, expanding in all directions. It evolves into a flavour of fresh fruits and closes with a sensation of honey and preserves. Very long-lasting persistence and balanced acidity. An enthralling chocolate.” (Amedei) Read More →