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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rodney Nikkels Feb 21, 2011. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Are brands like Fine&Raw, Bonnat, Amedei, Duffy's and Original Beans considered as 'Slow-food'?
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"Thanks for this news Pimm! Could you please put two bars of each aside for me? I will visit A'dam soon! Chocolove, Vera"
Pimm van der Donk posted a blog postDuffy's 'Panama Tierra Oscura'
Some days ago we got two new chocolate bars from Duffy's:The ‘Nicaragua Nicaliso’ 71% – made of the Xoco Criollo and the ‘Panama Tierra Oscura’ 72%, which became our favourite! The beans are from the beautiful Colón island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago. What we liked most of this dark chocolate was the unexpected spicy flavour. Well done Duffy!See More
Joseph Davies commented on Pimm van der Donk's blog post Duffy's Honduras Indio Rojo 72% won the Golden Bean!"Congratulation to Duffy. Great chocolate indeed!
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Pimm van der Donk posted a blog postDuffy's Honduras Indio Rojo 72% won the Golden Bean!
Exciting news today: one of my favourite chocolate bars, the Duffy's Honduras Indio Rojo 72%, won the 'Golden Bean', the chocolate 'Oscar' from the Academy of Chocolate in London!And not only that, Duffy Sheardown also won the 'Best Newcomer Award'. So, again Duffy, CONGRATULATIONS!!Marcel and I are very proud as well as we were the first Chocolatiers in the Netherlands having Duffy's in our shop in Amsterdam.See More
Pimm van der Donk posted a blog postText of interview we had (in French).
''Le chocolat est devenu un produit trop banal'', selon Philipp Kauffman, fondateur de Original Beans. La hausse du prix du cacao, causé par la crise politique en Côte d’Ivoire, relancera-t-elle le débat sur le commerce du cacao pour un changement du système?Le meilleur du chocolatLes spécialistes du chocolat Pimm et Marcel van der Donk tiennent une chocolaterie de luxe dans un quartier chic d’Amsterdam. Cette petite boutique propose le meilleur du chocolat aux fins gourmets qui veulent…See More
Rodney Nikkels replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"Dear Seneca,
You're totally right. All that can be done to reduce environmental impact should be done, and all that can be done to locally add value, the same (principles of slow food?). In coffee we have seen a recent growth of the…"
Rodney Nikkels replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"Dear Clay,
Thanks for the feedback! To my knowledge (but perhaps it's too limited) not all cacao's do equally well in full sun systems, especially the criollo's require quite some shade (their natural habitat). In shaded systems…"
Seneca Klassen replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"I think it does bear considering that the first thing chocolate makers do with the commodity they just shipped is discard about 30% of its mass after roasting and winnowing. Certainly not the most efficient use of a pretty long supply chain…"
Clay Gordon replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"Rodney:
To be clear, it's not the type of beans that are being grown it's the system of agriculture that is employed. It's possible to grow any type of bean in a "modern" (i.e., high density, no shade, intensive agricultural…"
Rodney Nikkels replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"Dear Seneca
Just a quick comment regarding the carbon footprint from fine chocolate. The carbon emission from transport is relatively limited, compared to the emissions from production stage (farms) and the chocolate manufacturing stage, therefore I…"
Seneca Klassen replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"To the extent that the slow food ethic embraces local foods, chocolate manufactured at or near the site of cacao production seems to fit well. There are an ever-increasing number of such efforts in such diverse locations as Madagascar, Ecuador,…"
Clay Gordon replied to Pimm van der Donk's discussion Slow-food"Pimm:
Having just got done doing a very successful chocolate tasting for the NYC Slow Food chapter I would have to say that all of these companies fall within the constellation of attributes that Slow Food embraces. However, the chocolate brands…"
Pimm van der Donk posted a discussionSlow-food
Are brands like Fine&Raw, Bonnat, Amedei, Duffy's and Original Beans considered as 'Slow-food'?
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- Dark, Milk, White?
- Dark
- Most memorable chocolate experience:
- When our first home-made chocolate was made for our Chocolaterie in Amsterdam
- My favorite chocolate is:
- Fine & Raw, Bonnat and Donna Elvira ............. have to add Duffy's to the list!!
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Duffy's 'Panama Tierra Oscura'
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:00pm 1 Comment 1 Like
Some days ago we got two new chocolate bars from Duffy's:
The ‘Nicaragua Nicaliso’ 71% – made of the Xoco Criollo and the ‘Panama Tierra Oscura’ 72%, which became our favourite! The beans are from the beautiful Colón island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago. What we liked most of this dark chocolate was the unexpected spicy flavour. Well done Duffy!
Duffy's Honduras Indio Rojo 72% won the Golden Bean!
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:36pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Exciting news today: one of my favourite chocolate bars, the Duffy's Honduras Indio Rojo 72%, won the 'Golden Bean', the chocolate '
Oscar' from the Academy of Chocolate in London!
And not only that, Duffy Sheardown also won the 'Best Newcomer Award'. So, again Duffy, CONGRATULATIONS!!
Marcel and I are very proud as well as we were the first Chocolatiers in the Netherlands having Duffy's in our shop in Amsterdam.
Text of interview we had (in French).
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 12:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
''Le chocolat est devenu un produit trop banal'', selon Philipp Kauffman, fondateur de Original Beans. La hausse du prix du cacao, causé par la crise politique en Côte d’Ivoire, relancera-t-elle le débat sur le commerce du cacao pour un changement du système?
Le meilleur du chocolat
Les spécialistes du chocolat Pimm et Marcel van der Donk tiennent une chocolaterie de luxe dans un quartier chic d’Amsterdam. Cette petite boutique propose le meilleur du chocolat aux fins…
Continue Duffy's Chocolate in Amsterdam
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:51am 0 Comments 0 Likes
As first and only Chocolaterie in the Netherlands, we yesterday received Duffy’s Chocolate, the second, artisan ‘bean-to-bar’ company in the UK, in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
All bars are ’single origin’, so all from one harvest, one certain area in a certain country and therefore all of them with a certain tast profile Each batch of beans is conched between 40-70 hours.
The bars we have in our …
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- At 12:55pm on January 26, 2011,
giovanni said… - It is an honor to read "Donna Elvira" among your favorite chocolate.....
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