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- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
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Tag Archives: Chocolate
Taza’s Coconut Almond Chocolate Bar
This is my second encounter with Taza’s stone-ground chocolate, this one a bar with 80% cacao, with coconut and almond. Needless to say, everything is organic. (To refresh your memory, Taza is an American company headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, that … Continue reading
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company’s No 3 – Dark Strawberry Champagne Truffle Bar
Champagne and chocolate is definitely a treat. Add some strawberries, and I’m in heaven. (Please don’t add chocolate to those strawberries though; inevitably both end up soggy.) So a bar that combines three of my favorite things should be a … Continue reading
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Dick Taylor’s Craft Chocolate’s Belize and Toledo single origin bar
Adam Dick and Dustin Taylor are a couple of former boat builders in the Northern California port city of Eureka. They’ve turned their efforts now to crafting high-quality chocolate, and they’re doing an excellent job. They’re making bean-to-bar chocolate bars … Continue reading
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Chocolove’s Three Chocolate Candies
Chocolove is an American company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, that produces chocolate bars and candies using all natural ingredients and following the traditions of European chocolatiers. What came across my desk was three packages of “nut-butter cups” — one the … Continue reading
Trader Joe’s Boozy Little Chocolate Truffles
Trader Joe’s Assortment of Boozy Little Chocolate Truffles seems to be a seasonal item, which is possibly why they’re not listed on the Trader Joe’s website, which in turn is why I’m not able to provide any background information. Trader … Continue reading
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Xocolatl de David
By the register little chocolate squares beckoned. Labeled, somewhat exotically, ‘Xocolatl de David’, there were three sorts, but the one that caught my eye read “72% Ecuadorian Chocolate with Black Truffles and Sea Salt.” Not a chocolate truffle, mind you, … Continue reading
Taza Chocolate’s Mexican-Style Stone-Ground Super Dark
In spite of the name, Taza is an American company manufacturing, among other things, Mexican-style stone-ground chocolate. Yes, that’s just what it says: the chocolate, from organically grown cacao, is ground between mill stones. Founder Alex Whitmore first ran across … Continue reading
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Alter Eco Dark Blackout 85% Cocoa Chocolate Bar
“I’m sending you some chocolate.” – has there ever been a more wonderful message? “It’s 85% cocoa.” – maybe not so much? I don’t like dark chocolate over 75%. That’s what I’d tell people. All of the chocolate I’d had over … Continue reading
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Tagged Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Is Best Chocolate, food and drink, Organic
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Vivani’s Organic Dark Chocolate Espresso
In spite of the name, Vivani Organic Dark Chocolate Espresso is made by a German company, Ludwig Weinrich GmbH, which been in the business of producing fine chocolates for a century. Like so many contemporary confectioners, Weinrich uses only organic … Continue reading
Sirius Konsum’s Chocolate & Lakkris
I absolutely adore black licorice. Wasn’t always so. I used to turn my nose up at it when I was Trick-or-Treating age, and my father gleefully took the offensive items out of my bag and sighed with happiness at each … Continue reading
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Tagged Chocolate, Icelandic licorice, lakkris, licorice
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