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