Craft Chocolate

My most potent memory from visiting Cancun is the smell of freshly-ground chocolate being carted from one room to another. The scent is like buttered …

In these strange times of constant lockdown, small chocolate businesses need our support now more than ever. So in an effort to make your shopping …

Couverture chocolate is well-known within the chocolate industry, and without it, most of your favorite chocolate shops would have never gotten started. This strange stuff– …

Think of your favorite chocolate; just humor me. Is it a smooth milk chocolate? Or a dark bar with whole almonds on the back? Oh, …

Between the malls, pizzerias, and international schools, Bangkok feels like a rather European part of Asia. Like Toyko or Seoul, but smaller. It’s one of …

Bar: Esmeraldas 70% Maker: The Roasting Masters (Seoul, South Korea) Price: $7.50/35g (Direct From Maker) Munch Factor: 3/10 Ingredients: Cocoa beans, cane sugar, soy lecithin (0.5%). …

Craft chocolate is on the way up, and it’s not even close to plateauing. Almost anyone in the industry even just half a decade ago would …

Bar: 80% Dark Maker: Sun Eaters Organics (Maracas Valley, Trinidad) Price: $9/45g (LUVCACAO) Munch Factor: 6/10 Ingredients: Trinitario Cacao Beans, Demerara Sugar, Organic Cacao Butter . Appearance: dark blue horizontal-oriented …

Bar: Malaysia 72% w/ Nibs Maker: Benn’s Chocolate (Selangor, Malaysia) Price: $—/65g (Gift in Chocolate Swap) Munch Factor: 6/10 Ingredients: cacao nibs, cane sugar, cocoa butter, …

Bar: Salted Egg Cereal Bar Maker: Fossa Chocolate (Singapore) Price: $14/40g (Direct From Maker) Munch Factor: 7.5/10 Ingredients: cocoa butter, milk powder, sugar, salted egg yolk, cereal, …