Chocolate heaven: the North West Chocolate Festival
Held in Seattle each year, the North West Chocolate Festival has been acclaimed as one of the best shows for chocolate in the world. And this year we were lucky …
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2018 09 – Spring Fling
September saw us celebrate awards for Jasper & Myrtle at the 2018 Academy of Chocolate Awards. Among others, they also won a Bronze medal for their packaging and really deserve …
2018 08 – Some old favourtes
August saw us revisit some makers we’d tried in previous years. Bahen and Co from WA was our Australian maker, Original Beans delighted us again with more Virunga cacao, Cluizel …
2018 07 – Old favourites and new friends
Winter is now in full swing! It’s the perfect time of year to snuggle up on the couch and enjoy a few special squares of your favourite chocolate. One of …
2018 06 – Chocolate made at origin
In June 2018 we were delighted to bring our subscribers three bars made and grown in the in the same country i.e. “made at origin”. As a special bonus, three …
2018 05 – Meltaway May
May saw our Bean Bar You subscribers try more special bars from around the world. The namesake of the the month was brought to us by Ethereal Confections (Woodstock, Illinois). Rocking a …
April boxes – USA Part 2
Our April boxes saw us enjoy the second part of our special USA collection: bars from Cultura Craft Chocolate (who we were able to meet in Denver) and French Broad (who we’ve been working hard …
March boxes – USA Part 1
February saw us visit the USA and we took advantage of this opportunity to bring back some american chocolates that we otherwise can’t get to Australia. Our March subscriber boxes …
Chocolate really grows on trees
You knew that right? Did you also know it’s made from a fruit? The cacao pod has to be one of the most gorgeous things on earth. It’s seeds, lovingly …
February – Which do you like most?
February saw us take our learning to a new level. With a Venezuela twist we featured bars made at origin by Franceschi, bars from Blanxart in Spain, the wonderful Willie’s …