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Zotter Golden Cherries of Uzbekistan
This is the second of the handful of Zotter bars I picked up in Vienna, and possibly the most unusual in terms of title/flavour. A little research reveals that Uzbekistan is something of a fruit producing country, and the Golden Cherry is one of a number of fruits exported from there. Obviously the packaging designers [...]
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Thorntons Christmas Event
Three week’s after Hotel Chocolat’s Christmas launch, Thorntons held their own Christmas event yesterday, showing what they’ve got lined up for the festive season. Held in central London, just around the corner from the swanky Hotel Chocolat apartment, this was a very different affair. Thorntons clearly wanted to have a bit of fun with their Christmas [...]
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Mast Brothers Video
We don’t often post links to random videos here on Chocablog, but when Ed David got in touch to share his video about Brooklyn’s finest, Mast Brothers, we thought it was such a beautiful piece that we wanted to share it. Thanks, Ed!The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.
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Go*Do Organic Chocolate
This little lot was sent to us by Italian company Go*Do who will be launching in the UK in September. According to the company web site, they take their ethical responsibilities seriously, with the cocoa and cane sugar coming from “selected plants in Ecuador and Peru, totally managed by local people with our both economic and [...]
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Zotter Butter Caramel
One of the peculiar things about working for Chocablog is that I rarely have any idea what any of the other writers are up to until I read their reviews. Dom and I will occasionally consult as to what we have ‘in the pipeline’ but generally it’s a mystery. Sometimes I’ll read a review and [...]
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The Chocolate Tree Dark Chocolate With Strawberry & Pepper
This is the last of the three Chocolate Tree bars I picked up on my recent trip to Edinburgh. It has crushed black peppercorns and dried strawberries, which struck me as an interesting and unusual combination. I?d had chocolate with fancy peppercorns in before, but not one with crushed pepper, as far as I can [...]
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Askinosie San Jose Del Tambo 70%
Askinosie is an American bean-to-bar chocolate maker, based in Springfield, Missouri. Shockingly, in over four years of writing about chocolate practically every day, this is the first time we’ve reviewed one of their bars. That just goes to show how much amazing chocolate there is to talk about these days! Askinosie pride themselves in their Fair [...]
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Zhena?s Gypsy Chocolate Jasmine Tea
One of the nice things about World Market is that, besides the occasional snow-cone or cookie samples, there are always coffee and/or tea in the back of the store. Perfect to pick up while browsing the chocolate shelves, not to mention effective in selling products. This Chocolate Jasmine tea was one of their samples for [...]
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Sugah! Fog Burner
Wow. I suspect that there might be some coffee in this here chocolate because I can smell it before I even open the bar and I feel more awake by just looking at it. Impressive. Or maybe that has something to do with the fact that the wrapper states that it has been infused with [...]
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Freia Premium Passion Fruit
Freia is a long established Norwegian chocolate manufacturer, with a shop in Oslo since the late nineteenth century. Rebranded in Sweden and elsewhere as Marabou (due to existing copyright problems), Freia was bought out by Kraft some years ago. The shop still sells handmade chocolates under the Freia name but the bars and pre-packaged chocolates [...]
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