The Latest From Bouche Chocolate
Batch 13 - Ready for Christmas
As we needed this batch to be ready in time for Christmas gifts, we stuck with our usual 70% bar with 10% cocoa butter....
Batch 11 - The Coffee Roaster
We went back to the 10% cocoa butter for this batch, so we used:...
Batch 10 - Less cocoa butter
For the first time, we tried a different ratio. We stuck with 70% bars, but with only 5% cocoa butter instead of 10%....
Batch 9 - A hotter roast
Again, we stuck with the 70% bars with 10% cocoa butter to compare with the previous bars:...
Batch 8 - Exciting new beans
For our first batch with these new beans, we stuck with the 70% bars with 10% cocoa butter to compare with the previous bars:...
Costa Esmeraldas
For our first foray into fine flavour cocoa we chose Costa Esmeraldas beans from Ecuador. As soon as they arrived we could tell they were different to the beans we'd been using before. They smelled amazing before we'd even opened the package, and we were very excited to start making chocolate with them....
Batch 7 - Best Batch Yet
For our final batch with these beans, we stuck with the 70% bars with 10% cocoa butter:...
Batch 6 - Bad Beans
Attempting to replicate the ruined batch 5, we used the same ratios for a 70% batch with 10% added cocoa butter:...
Batch 5 - A Disaster!
Sticking with 70% dark chocolate with 10% additional cocoa butter so that our batches are comparable, we used:...