• This is a nice way to try 4 oz or 8oz of each of 4 of the cocoa beans varieties we have in stock. If you really want to try a particular bean, please ask and I will be sure to include...
  • Ghana- Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin Variety Ghana – Kuapa Kokoo co-op Forastero This is the 2nd time we have been able to offer this bean. They are from a Co-op in Ghana by the name of Kuapa...
  • Ivory Coast – Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin VarietyIvory Coast Forastero Hopefully you know me well enough by now that you know I don’t put a lot of stock into names and labels. That said, this origin (the...
  • Madagascar – Sambriano Valley – Organic – 2008 This is a fine flavor grade of cocoa Trinatario from Madagascar, Sambriano Valley. It is a Single Estate Cacao from the Northern Ambanja region and is Certified Organic. We briefly carried this origin a...
  • Tanzanian – 2009 – Trinatario I like to be up front about what I sell. I am going to highlight that I really like the flavor of this bean. Nutty, balanced, chocolate (odd, but it IS chocolatey), very little fruit. What I...
  • Remember the ‘Hickory smoked bacon chocolate’ from the PNG last year? Well, it is still here in the new crop. It is still the first thing I think of upon my first smell of the freshly winnowed roasted nib. For those that...
  • This is the same ‘Don Homero’ that I ran out of last year. Long story short, I only ran out of my stock here. This lot was with a roaster in preparation of being able to offer roasted cocoa on a regular...
  • Tanzanian – 2009 – Trinatario I like to be up front about what I sell. I am going to highlight that I really like the flavor of this bean. Nutty, balanced, chocolate (odd, but it IS chocolatey), very little fruit. What I...
  • Off and on, people have been wanting roasted cocoa. Well, part of the appeal to me of home made chocolate is the roasting. But not so for every one. Also, roasted cocoa goes stale, which also defeats the purpose of ‘fresh’ home...
  • Dominican Republic “Conacado” – Fair Trade & Organic 2010 I am glad to have this bean back. I have missed it. This is from the Conacado co-op in the Dominican Republic. They are Fair Trade Certified, Organically certified, Rain Forrest Alliance Certified...
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