This is a nice way to try 4 oz or 8oz of each of 4 of the cocoa beans varieties we have in stock. If you really want to try a particular bean, please ask and I will be sure to include...

Ghana- Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin Variety Ghana – Kuapa Kokoo co-op Forastero This is the 2nd time we have been able to offer this bean. They are from a Co-op in Ghana by the name of Kuapa...

Dominican Republic “Hispanola” – Organic Well, this is a first for Chocolate Alchemy in that we are currently offering to different Trinatario beans from the Dominican Republic. As I am finding is common for this region, this is also a luscious, earthy...

Ivory Coast – Fair Trade Certified – Forastero 2008 Country of origin VarietyIvory Coast Forastero Hopefully you know me well enough by now that you know I don’t put a lot of stock into names and labels. That said, this origin (the...

Madagascar – Sambriano Valley – Organic – 2008 This is a fine flavor grade of cocoa Trinatario from Madagascar, Sambriano Valley. It is a Single Estate Cacao from the Northern Ambanja region and is Certified Organic. We briefly carried this origin a...

A cocoa bean quite like this is what started me down the path to Chocolate Alchemy. In particular, the first fresh real chocolate that I ever had (and describe in my first entry almost 4 years ago) was some Mexican Tabasco. I...

Panama – Fair Trade & Organic – 2007/2008 Country of origin: PanamaVariety: Trinatario I am pleased to be able to offer this cocoa bean again. It is from the COCABO Coastal Coop on the borders of the ‘Amistad’ Forest Preserve. In a...

Hickory smoked bacon chocolate anyone? Ok, it isn’t like that in the chocolate, but it IS the first thing I thought of upon my first smell of the freshly winnowed roasted nib. It is the traditional practice to fire dry the cocoa...