Artisan Chocolate & more: Amano, Claudio Corallo and Sip to Live
Posted in Chocolate Gifts, Chocolate Products on February 3rd, 2010 by sarita – Comments Off
Despite being geared toward the Western U.S., we love reading Sunset for its food and decorating ideas. In the January issue, they called out a number of healthy dark chocolate products, some of which were new to us.
Utah’s Amano Artisan Chocolate makes award-winning, single varietal handmade chocolate bars incorporate carefully sourced beans from Venezuela, Madagascar, Ecuador, Bali, Ghana and beyond. They also sell hand roasted cocoa nibs and bulk chocolate.
Claudio Corallo cultivates a cacao plantation on the African island of Principe, a biologically-rich island with world-reknown cacao. His offers complex bars, some with flavors like orange and ginger, as well as whole roasted cacao beans that have a delicious nutty texture.
We also learned about Portland, OR based Sip to Live, a shop with unique blends of organic teas based on ayurvedic principles. Each blend helps to serve and refresh different areas of the body. For example The Cool-Out, with its blend of chamomile, cherry bark and other herbs is made to soothe the nerves.
