Have you ever wondered how chocolate gets made. It starts by drying the cocoa beans produced from plants in their country of origin. The beans are then exported to chocolate manufacturers worldwide for processing.
Bean to bar chocolate manufacturers like TCHO make chocolate directly from the cocoa beans. Chocolatiers like Purdy's melt their bars from these manufacturers.
Single origin chocolate refers to chocolate bars made from beans from a specific region or country, thus having a distinctive flavour, much like how fine wines are distinguished. I found some of this chocolate at Purdy's chocolatier in Canada. They use TCHO single origin craft chocolate to make these bars.
Bean to bar chocolate manufacturers like TCHO make chocolate directly from the cocoa beans. Chocolatiers like Purdy's melt their bars from these manufacturers.
Single origin chocolate refers to chocolate bars made from beans from a specific region or country, thus having a distinctive flavour, much like how fine wines are distinguished. I found some of this chocolate at Purdy's chocolatier in Canada. They use TCHO single origin craft chocolate to make these bars.
Purdy's sell 3 of these single origin bars for $15, or $5.25 each. Here are the ones I tried. Single origin chocolates tend to be very dark chocolate and can be bitter, but I liked all of these. The Ghana one is a milk chocolate. The Peru one has cocoa nibs. My favourite was Ecuador.
