Ecuador: Tasting that hand made chocolate and more

You have seen how they make chocolate by hand but now what’s it taste like… In the little cup is pure cacao in liquid form. We tried just a touch of the pure, bitter soon to be dessert. Next we spooned up a small portion and add some granulated sugar which was mixed in mouth.The … Continue reading →

Ecuador: How to make chocolate from seed to bar by hand

High in the clouds forest below Quito there is a place where chocolate is still made by hand (almost). Here the chocolate is a pure form that pre-dates Rudlophe Lindt’s addition of cacao butter to Henri Nestlé and Daniel Peter’s milk chocolate drink to make bars. In this photo you see an empty pod, bowl … Continue reading →