Bean to Bar chocolate designates a chocolate maker who controls the entire bean processing and chocolate making processes themselves. This means the chocolate maker buys raw cacao beans and then cleans, roasts, cracks, winnows, and grinds the cacao beans themselves.
2022 Winners: Krak Chocolade- Don Moisés 70%, Friis-Holm Chokolade- La Dalia 85%, Friis-Holm Chokolade- Barba 70%, Bibamba Artisan Chocolate- Noir Classic, Minimal Chocolate- Arhuaco, Chocopunto- Dark 100% Reserva Zorzal, JadeLiChocolatier- Dark 66, Slitti- Grancacao 73%, Ratza Chocolate- Just Dark Belize, Friis-Holm Chokolade- Nicaliso 70%, Vigdis Rosenkilde - 70% Kiteni, PARADAi Chocolate- Dark 75% – Nakhon Si Thammarat
Our most heavily weighted metric. Each bar is evaluated on the depth, complexity, length, and balance of flavor.
Each bar is evaluated on the texture, mouthfeel, flavor delivery, and melting properties.
Each bar is evaluated on the texture, mouthfeel, flavor delivery, and melting properties.
Each bar is evaluated on both its packaged and unpackaged appearance to determine whether the bar compels tasting.
