"Hi Andy
Hans Brunner make some nice molds, I found this one that looks slightly deeper than the one you are using.
http://www.brunnershop.com/Rahmenformen/Formen-fuer-Riegel/Riegel-103-mm.html
Cheers
Alison"
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Alison Holland replied to Andy Ciordia's discussion Chocolate Candy Bar Molds in the group Startup Central
peter mengler replied to Alison Holland's discussion cacao farms in Vanuatu in the group Chocolate Down Under"hi Ali
email me and i can give you some contacts we ship beans from in vanuatu
cheers"
Alison Holland replied to Alison Holland's discussion cacao farms in Vanuatu in the group Chocolate Down Under"Thanks Tom, I thought we would need to go to some of the other islands. I've got time to do some research but was just wondering if anyone out there had already been."
Tom replied to Alison Holland's discussion cacao farms in Vanuatu in the group Chocolate Down Under"My parents went a few years ago and they couldn't find anything easy out of Port Vila, I think they said that most plantations were on other islands. Sorry can't be more help"
Alison Holland added a discussion to the group Chocolate Down Under
cacao farms in Vanuatu
Hi there, does anyone know of some cacao farms worth a visit in Vanuatu? I will be there in June and would love to visit some.AliSee More
Alison Holland replied to Sebastian Schoellhammer's discussion ordering from cocoatown to NZ in the group Chocolate Down Under"Hi Sebastian
You could try looking on trade me for a santha or something similar, they come up occasonally for a couple of hundred dollars. I brought one of them through John Nanci at chocolate alchemy a few years ago but it did end up being quite…"
Alison Holland replied to Stu Jordan's discussion Coloured Foil in the group Chocolate Down Under"Hi Stu
Printstock supply foil packaging for chocolate and they are located in Napier. http://www.printstocknz.com/ ;
Cheers
Ali
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Alison Holland replied to Danielle's discussion Visiting New Zealand in the group Chocolate Down Under"Hi Danielle, We have a small bean to bar factory in Cromwell making single origin bars. Queenstown / Wanaka which are nearby are both well worth dropping into for their scenery alone.
Other Chocolatiers to add to your list are Van H in…"
Alison Holland replied to Stu Jordan's discussion Tempering Machine in the group Chocolate Down Under"Hi Stu
I have just seen one advertised on trade me but I am not sure if it is an actual temperer. Here's the link but it may pay to check out that it is not just a…"
Alison Holland joined Clay Gordon's groupChocolate Down Under
This group is for ChocolateLife members living and working in Australasia (Australia, NZ, PNG, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, etc).See More
Alison Holland left a comment for David Knoef"Hey David
Christchurch sounds pretty grim, I have a few relatives there and it sounded like a pretty frightening experience. I hope you have managed to get through the quake with little or no damage.
Ali"
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Startup Central
Are you looking to start a chocolate business? Want to talk to others who've been there or done that - or have you been there and done it and want to share with others? This is the place to discuss it.
Alison Holland left a comment for David Knoef"Hi David
Welcome to the chocolate life - it's nice to see another Kiwi!"
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- Dark, Milk, White?
- Dark
- Most memorable chocolate experience:
- My 2nd batch of chocolate made from the bean.
- My favorite chocolate is:
- Lindt 70% - I am discovering that choice in New Zealand is limited!
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 3:40am on April 22, 2009,
Paul Soncodi said… - Hi Alison,
I see you are from NZ and you are looking for cocoa beans. Try Whittakers brothers in Porirua. The source their cocoa beans from Ghana and actually I think they are the only larger size manufacturers in NZ to make their chocolate from cocoa beans. They are a larger company but if you can get through to them they most probably be able to help. Other wise try Brian from APS Chemicals in Auckland. They are Barry Callebaut reps for NZ and some while ago they could source cocoa nibs so maybe can help with cocoa beans as well.
- At 10:46pm on March 29, 2009, Tom said…
- I think you can still order 15kg of beans at a time from Tava even though they are not operational at the moment - they won't do anything else or any smaller quantities. Well at least they did for me about 4 months ago. Langdon and Samantha (Tava guys) use this site.
Yes you can get pure icing sugar here, CSR or Bundaburg do it in 500g bags for about $1 per bag. I use it for all of my choc making as it saves quite a bit of time.
- At 6:48pm on March 29, 2009, Tom said…
- I see you have discovered the tragedy that is the Australian/New Zealand chocolate situation. I don't know about NZ but in Australia if you look very carefully you can find Cluizel and Valrhona - if you want some top notch choc to compare with your own creations.
I got into choc making so I would have access to good chocolate.
Also if you are looking for beans in the Oz/NZ region try www.tava.com.au they sell Vanuatu beans that I mainly use. They are extremelly chocolatey, I use them to make a dark milk choc and it is my best bar - according to the family and friends circle.
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