THIS 100% CHOCOLATE is produced - from bean to bar - by UK-based chocolate artisan Willie Harcourt-Cooze. He has his own plantation in Venezuela and produces Trinitario of the Rio Caribe and Carenero Superior varieties. While these varieties are highly regarded, we're not quite sure about the claim on his website, that this cacao is the "finest, rarest, most expensive cacao" in the world. Manufacturers of Chuao and Porcelana Criollos, such as AMEDEI, BONNAT and DOMORI might have something to say about that. Nevertheless this is very good chocolate, though more suitable for baking and cooking, rather than tasting (not least because it comes in cylindrical blocks rather than bars). It also makes an excellent hot chocolate - with a little added sugar.

Availability: VENEZUELAN BLACK can be found in a number of shops, a list of which can be found here.

Website: www.venezuelanblack.com

Email: info@williescacao.com