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Latest Reviews
| Name | Maker | Rating |
| Fahrenheit 132+ | Georgia Ramon | |
| Yojoa Dark+ | Mesocacao | |
| 100% | Jouvay | |
| 2 Darks: A & B | Hilo Shark | |
| Shark's Cacao | Hilo Shark | |
| SUITE: PERU+ | Ranger | |
| Criollos + | Arabuco Kai |
Best Rated
| Name | Maker | Rating |
| Saint Lucia Marcial | Hotel Chocolat | |
| Marañón Nibs | Fruition | |
| Amazonas | Idilio | |
| Marañón 70% | Holy Cacao | |
| L'artisan du Chocolat | Artisan du Chocolat | |
| Caffe Nero | Slitti | |
| Bianco | Vestri |
Featured
| Name | Maker | Rating |
| Tobago Estate (April Production 2014) | Pralus | |
| Mangaro | Cluizel | |
| Venezuelan Black | Willie's | |
| Java | Marcolini | |
| Sahagún | Sahagún | |
| Moka | Alter Eco | |
| Rio Caribe 100 | Domori |
Worst Rated
| Name | Maker | Rating |
| Smokehouse BBQ Potato Chips | Wild Ophelia | |
| Noir de Cacao 60 | Cluizel | |
| Arriba | Hershey’s | |
| Wittamer | Wittamer | |
| Dark | Chocolove | |
| Fine Milk | Caoni | |
| Rose City | Rose City |
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Featured Book Reviews
Deep Tasting: A Chocolate Lover’s Guide to Meditation by Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso
Seek & Ye Shall Find: Faith, Chocolate, & Enlightenment Buy it Here FULL DISCLOSURE: Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso is a contributing editor to the C-spot®. The book reviewed below mentions the C-spot® & discusses her work with, & the relationship to it. Other...
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Arms & the Man, George Bernard Shaw (1894)
Bookcase Location: TOP SHELF - Essential Buy It Here Arms & the Man; George Bernard Shaw (theatrical play, 1894; published book 1898); basis for the 1908 operetta Chocolate Soldier (later made into silent film in 1915 & Broadway play 1947) With apologies to...
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The Jaguar & the Cacao Tree by Birgitte Rasine (2016)
Faulkner noted “fiction is often the best fact”. Little wonder metaphors suit Mayan cosmology better than archeology & anthropology. Just as lines of great poetics break the...
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DESIGNATION 7
Heirloom Chocolate Series
the first-ever designated heirlooms
The best chocolate starts with the finest Theobroma cacao trees.
These ‘diamonds of cacao’ – prized for their fine flavor – are vanishing, their botanical treasures lost forever unless we all act to protect them.
Savor this collection of 7 chocolate bars before they’re gone…
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