Single Origin Chocolate Tasting
Understanding the journey of the cacao bean brings an awareness of how far and how many steps are required to make chocolate as we know it.
Let us now slow down the process, and really taste the variations in each region. As we take you on a world tour of cacao there are a few key things to discover.
Where cacao grows and how chocolate is made.How the process of eating your chocolate enhances the experience and satisfaction. Book in a group of 10 or more for a zoom session with one of our chocolatiers guiding you through the journey of cacao and what makes quality chocolate so luxurious delicious.
How to enjoy fine chocolate
Chocolate should have no more than a handful of ingredients.
Cocoa beans, sugar, milk powders, vanilla and emulsifier.
Things to avoid
Vegetable oil - it used to replace the food fats of cocoa butter.
Vanillin - is a synthetic substitute
The surface should be shiny and satin like.
No gret steaks or bloom
Rub chocolate lightly with your fingers to release the aroma.
Breathe in, Breath out
Is the aroma?
Floral
Fruity
Nutty
Grassy
Woody
Place a piece of chocolate in your mouth and wait a few seconds. Let it melt and move around your mouth.
Experience the mouth feel.
Does it melt smoothly and evenly with no waxy texture?
Chew the chocolate to expand the surface area and to release the second layer of flavours and aroma.
Roll around the tonuge to experience the full range of flavours by triggering the four taste zones.
Sweet and Salty (tip)
Sour (sides)
Bitter (back)