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: Amedei Toscana- Toscano brown milk 32%, Slitti- Lattenero 45%, Pump Street Chocolate- Togo 44% Swiss Milk Chocolate Bar, Friis-Holm Chokolade- Dark Milk 55%, Chaleur B Chocolat- Milk chocolate 51%, Sandhill Chocolate Company- 40% Tanzanian Milk Chocolate (Kokoa Kamili)
Our most heavily weighted metric. Each bar is evaluated on the depth, complexity, length, and balance of flavor.
Each bar is evaluated on its aromatic notes and whether the bar exudes a strong, enticing, and clear chocolate fragrance which compels and complements tasting.
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.
