Tasting Chocolate: Orinoco Chocolate Co. | #PSC 178
Episode 178 features a tasting of four bars – and one new product in a new product line – from Prescott, AZ-based maker Orinoco Chocolate Co. Disclaimer: Orinoco’s factory is just down the road from me, and they are one of the reasons I relocated to Prescott.
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Episode 178
Tasting episodes are my favorites.
As I mentioned at the top of the page, the primary business reason I relocated to Prescott from Brooklyn back in 2023 was to work with Jessica and Christian, the founders of Orinoco. As sometimes happens, life gets in the way, and I am not as involved in their businesses (they also have a consulting arm that focuses on NPD and startup manufacturing) as we’d originally planned.
But my impressions of the chocolate they make have always been high, and when I visited their factory last week, I picked up four bars and a spalmabile from their new Trufa Treats brand. (I also weighed in with some technical advice on how to approach the development of the first in a new line of bars that I think has great promise.)
When that new product is introduced, I will update this post.
I will not be tasting the four bars before the episode goes live. I tasted the spalmabile during my recent visit.
The Bars
- 50% Goat Milk made with beans from Patanemo, Venezuela
- 65% Dark made with beans from the Dominican Republic
- 50% Creamy Hazelnut (gianduia) made with beans from Patanemo, Venezuela
- 85% dark single estate made with beans from Patanemo, Venezuela
The Spread
- Creamy Hazelnut
Notes and Links
Orinoco does not use refined white sugar in its products. Bars are sweetened with late-harvest maple sugar, and the spread is sweetened with coconut sugar.
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Clay Gordon
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