origin drinking chocolate

we've added some new additions to our origin drinking chocolate
 - The Americas  -
organic Bolivian dark drinking chocolate - beans sourced from Beni region
organic Venezuela dark drinking chocolate - Carenero region
organic Ecuador dark drinking chocolate - Gruppos Co-op

origin dark chocolate w fruit & nuts

due to the many requests we are doing a cafe range of dark origin chocolate with fruit & nuts
in 100g, 500g slabs with matched dark chocolate origins to inclusions
eg 60% Bali w roasted cashew

61% Bolivian Dark w Acai berry

new world cocoa beans available next week

new season shipment of cocoa beans available next week
available as raw beans, nibs, cocoa liquor or dark chocolate
bolivian - organic
ecuador - RFA/organic
ivory coast - fairtrade
uganda --organic grade A
venezuela - Sur del lago
venezuela - carenero superior
Madagascar - organic
beans prices from $20 per kilo

coffee syrups with panela sugar

as much as we might find it hard to except people will add coffee syrups to speciality coffee.
so why not make sure its the best and the best match to coffee is raw sugar.

which is why the base for our coffee syrups is raw panela sugar

love hot chocolate , then get into Zarraffa's coffee this month for decadent hot chocolate

made from 54% couverture chocolate shavings topped with textured milk and marshmellow.
almost like a melted dark chocolate bar yummmm

cafe culture support australian origin bean to bar

big thanks to Sean and the team at Cafe Culture for the support to Australian bean to bar
http://issuu.com/cafeculture/docs/ccmag36_1/41?e=3522766/8325711
http://www.cafeculture.com/latest-issuehttp://www.cafeculture.com/latest-issue

Héctor Galván whose Mex-centric La Casa Tropical

slow press cocoa butter

started small batch production of our own cocoa butter for use in white chocolate. Exceptfor a coupleof exclusion all cocoa butter has been de-odourised. So when its used in white chocolate no cocoa flavours are present only sugary milk.
True slow pressed has a nice caramel, mocca flavour when made into white chocolate

to make a difference we have named it "Pale Chocolate"

Farmouse Direct

Our origin dark chocolates are now available on the Farmhouse Direct site.
A great Australian site supporting Australian Farmers & Producers
follow link and enjoy some great Aussie food
Farmhouse Direct

chocolate reviews

some reviews of our latest release Pacific chocolate by NYC based chocolate reviewers
if your into reading reviews

http://www.c-spot.com/chocolate-census/daily-review/?pid=2100

cacao bean fermentation boxes

This year our Bali beans are being ferment in a tiered fermentor. With 3 stages with a change each day from 1 level to the one below. This ensures a even ferment across all beans and stops mould
the ferment this year depends on wild yeasts from the banana leaves covering each box

Bali cacao harvest

home at last after a trip to Bali to check on the cacao harvest for our bean supply this year. We even found a old cacao plantation hidden in the jungle. The trees were in great health and the ripe pods contained light beans so these were old criollo trees. As these were hertiage trees we collected the seeds for transplanting in Australia.
more post's to follow

whole bean couverture drinking chocolate

with the cooler weather not far away thoughts drift to drinking chocolate once again.
new release organic drk chocolate w coconut sugar the theme this winter matching the deep flavours of dark chocolate with the floral sweetness of coconut flower sugar

Fijian Panela

we currently hoping in the near future to be able to offer Fijian panela (rapadura)sugar

chocolate review

these bars weren't for release but for the reviewers interest only
but C-Spot released the reviews  world wide
some interesting observations for those interested
http://www.c-spot.com/chocolate-census/daily-review/?pid=2086

Vanuatu 83% dark chocolate

Wanting a bigger hit of chocolate fresh out of the moulds our 83% Vanuatu dark chocolate. Strong malt ,coffee flavours fading to fruity pome fruits on the middle palate.
This chocolate is part of our warrior series
shop; 83% vanuatu dark chocolate

growing pains

Where has all my room gone in 12mths and more chocolate making machines to go in over the next couple of weeks.

salted caramel bars

In store at Golosi Burleigh will be more of our salted caramel chocolate bars using organic Panela from Monday

New harvest Fiji Beans

Its harvest time in the Pacific basin. This week Fiji crop harvest started and we'll be using un-washed beans this year, and roasting and conching to get tropical fruit flavours. As opposed to the spice flavours of past (cinnamon/ cloves).
We'll also be releasing this origin as 100%, previously as a 91% dark chocolate but changes to roast, ferment and aging meains i'll push this to full thottle.

Cafe Biz

big thanks to all the coffee and chocolate lovers who turned out for Cafe Biz at the RNA showgrounds last week. Next year will be even bigger.

chocolate packing line

with the huge interest in couverture whole bean drinking chocolate , it was time to up-grade the packing line. what a difference, packs flying off the line 1.2sec per 1kg pack

flat rate shipping

We have added flat rate shipping for all orders through our web-site at
www.cravve.com.au

Australian cacao new season available

Our first of the new season cacao from Daintree Estates, is molded ready for packing.
Deep red fruits with a nice honey, raisin mid note

new cacao- from New Ireland

Just received a sample of cacao from the Pacific Island of New Ireland. Now to see what flavours are hidden in this bean.
Very nice fruity aroma in the raw beans.