Djaul Island dark chocolated poured and barred-up

Final pour of Djaul chocolate done and dusted, still to age but final flavour very deep rich chocolate with lots of nutty hazelnut/peanut flavour.
would also make an excellent couverture drinking chocolate, now thats an idea

Wen Shan Pao Zhong green tea

We have received samples of exquisate Wen Shan Pao Zhong - Superior grade, for tastings.

This the COE winning tea of this Taiwanese green tea, rated the best of the  9 districts of wen shan paozhong tea growing area which are: Ping Ling, Shi Ding, Xin Dian, Xi Zhi, Shen Kan, Ping Xi, Shan Xia, Shi Men and Lin Co

There are few grades which are listed below

Top Grade (Superior)—> only 1 person win

First place-1—> only 1 person win

First place –2—> only 1 person win

First place -3 —> only 1 person win

First place –> 60 people

Second place –> 80 people

Third place –> 120 people

Wen Shan Paozhong tea 

Region;  Wen Shan district, New Taipei city.

Grower; Mr. Ong

Country; Taiwan.

 

Djaul island dark chocolate exquisite nutella flavour

Djaul Island- 3hrs into conche already the rich texture of this cacao is evident and the flavour at this early stage nutty nutella/peanut butter.

this cacao is from a neighboring plantation to that sourced last year but the terroir of this region producers the most exquisite hazelnut flavour

rare purple bud tea

From early January we will be able to offer rare purple bud tea from Yunnan China.

About Purple tea:

Purple tea is a rare variety of Yunnan large leaf teas. Tea leaf appears purple red when young buds on the tea tree, tea products are dark green after being processed, tea leaves in hot water with the color of blue-green, from  these magic transformations of color, this kind of tea is called Three colors tea by local villagers, generally called Purple tea.

Purple tea uses sun-dried purple tea leaves as raw material, produced according to the traditional technology of puer. Purple tea is of three major characteristics: fresh bright liquid, unique fragrance and strong flavor with excellent hui gan, these points make Purple tea different from all other puer teas. 

Purple tea contains rich flavonoids and has significant effects on decreasing blood fat, blood pressure, losing weight, anti-arteriosclerosis, anti-cancer, nourishing stomach and dental protection.

Ancient Chinese tea saint Lu Yu wrote in his Tea Scripture: Teas, Purple tea is the supeme. 

Located at the heart of the forest or in areas of high biodiversity, old tea trees have been growing for hundreds of years in Yunnan, totally integrated with the natural ecosystem. These trees are the source of many intersections and natural mutations, particularly (but not solely) responsible for the major differences you notice in the aromas of Yunnan to another.

From a natural mutation that produces tea leaves or buds ... purple! This color is due to anthocyanin pigmentation , the same as dark grapes. This  colorful natural substance is responsible  for the color of some plants such as blueberry, blackberry or cherry and some tea trees produce a quantity in  addition to chlorophyll, responsible for its green color of the tea leaves. This purple color generally does not touch the buds or young leaves that surround the buds, but sometimes this range may be wider violet and spread to the entire tree.

65% Fijian dark chocolate

after a short absence we have new stocks of organic fijian Cacao sourced from Kokosiga organic Producers, Fiji. This cacao is sun dried - washed Forastero Amenalado cacao beans, post harvest 6 day ferment. Again the quality is superb the overall quality coming out of the Pacific compared to previous years has been good.

roasted now to winnow and pre-grind/ dry conche

Though Samoan beans maybe effected by the recent cyclone.

Djaul Is cocoa roasted

another day another roast, pacific cocoa seems to like a deep long roast to bring out the best. this PNG bean is no exception, being an un-washed forastero the deep roast boosts the chocolate quotient even more.
be interesting if we can extract the peanut butter flavours we got from previous batches earlier this year.
some of this batch will be released for a limited edition couverture dark chocolate.
winnowed and pre-ground , will refine and conche Monday for a christmas treat.

pacific cacao

new offerings
we have a limited offer of  Djaul Island cacao, one of the best PNG flavour profiles, deep rich fruit chocolate with flavour notes of roasted peanut.
We also have a new offer of wild harvest Bolivian from the Beni region , this cacao is totally wild harvest by Amazonian Indians.