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Fresco Brings Its Award-Winning Lineup to Chocolate Connoisseur
This month we kick off Spring by happily welcoming our old friends at Fresco Chocolate back to Chocolate Connoisseur. We’re also sticking to the Washington state chocolate scene for another month, as Fresco and K’ul are basically neighbors — and, as we often see in the chocolate world, good friends as well.
Chocolate Connoisseur Staff Writer Rene Zimbelman wrote a Fresco Chocolate – In Focus feature back in 2017, one which owners Rob and Amy Anderson loved so much, they made it the core of Fresco’s About Us page. You can read all about them right here in the full article.
Fresco states their chocolate purpose quite clearly on their website —
“Fresco makes pure, dark chocolate.
By purposefully changing cocoa roasting and chocolate conching, we create new chocolate experiences for your consideration.
We use three ingredients: cocoa beans, cane sugar, and cocoa butter.”
Purchasing all their cacao via direct trade, they source ethically and put a deep focus on bringing out the distinct flavor of each and every origin source, using different roasting and conching intensities to create multiple, unique varieties per origin.
In other words, Fresco Chocolate brings it, and their chocolate wins awards nearly every single year because of it.
We’re very excited to deliver Fresco to you this month, and we’re pretty certain you will absolutely love the Deluxe Collection they’ve put together!
Offer ends April 21st.
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Fresco Chocolate’s Deluxe Collection – $40
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Fresco Chocolate’s Deluxe Collection features the following:
Drinking Chocolate (4 oz.)
212 Oko Caribe 72% Light Roast Bar
224 Oko Caribe 72% Medium Roast Bar
260 Ghana 68% Light Roast Bar
261 Ghana 68% Dark Roast Bar
Fresco Chocolate’s Deluxe Collection
212 Oko Caribe 72% Light Roast Bar
Fresco hand-selected the highest quality Organic and Fair Trade Oko Caribe cacao available for this unique chocolate. Their light roast highlights naturally occurring acidity with hints of raisin and fig, while days of stone grinding achieve a silky texture.
Next, the chocolate is heated, mixed and aerated, this is conching. Fresco’s subtle conche step softens the edge from the cacao’s natural character while leaving its complex flavors in the forefront. A small amount of added cocoa butter enhances the chocolate’s silky texture as it melts on your palate.
Awards
Academy of Chocolate Awards – Silver
International Chocolate Awards, Americas – Bronze, Silver
Northwest Chocolate Festival Best Origin Chocolate Bar – 1st Place
Cacao Origin: Dominican Republic, Oko Caribe
Roast: Light
Conche: Subtle
Tasting Notes: fig, raisin, slightly sour start, chocolaty finish
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter
260 Ghana 68% Light Roast Bar
ABOCFA is one of Fresco’s four Organic/Fair Trade farmer cooperatives in Ghana – known for producing the highest quality traceable cacao in the region. This light roast highlights the natural acidity of the cacao, uncovering a sweetness reminiscent of fig jam.
Fresco’s subtle conche then slightly mellows the cacao’s natural acidity, resulting in chocolate with a balanced, complex flavor profile.
Awards
Academy of Chocolate Awards – Silver
Cacao Origin: ABOCFA, Ghana
Roast: Light
Conche: Subtle
Tasting Notes: chocolate fudge, fig jam
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter
224 Oko Caribe 72% Medium Roast Bar
Fresco hand-selected the highest quality Organic and Fair Trade Oko Caribe cacao available for this unique chocolate. This medium roast reveals subtle notes of blackcurrant, caramel, and vanilla, and days of stone grinding achieve a silky texture.
Next, the chocolate is heated, mixed and aerated, this is conching. Fresco’s medium conche step mellows each flavor note, creating a smooth blend reminiscent of caramel and milk chocolate with subtle hints of red fruit and plum. A small amount of added cocoa butter enhances the chocolate’s silky texture as it melts on your palate.
Awards
Academy of Chocolate Awards – Bronze, Silver
International Chocolate Awards, Americas – Bronze, Silver
International Chocolate Awards, USA – Gold, Silver
Cacao Origin: Dominican Republic, Oko Caribe
Roast: Medium
Conche: Medium
Tasting Notes: blackcurrant, caramel, vanilla
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter
261 Ghana 68% Dark Roast Bar
ABOCFA is one of Fresco’s four Organic/Fair Trade farmer cooperatives in Ghana – known for producing the highest quality traceable cacao in the region. This dark roast produces deep chocolatey and roasted nut flavors.
Fresco’s medium conche then mellows and balances the flavors producing deep fudgy notes.
Awards
Academy of Chocolate Awards – Silver
Cacao Origin: ABOCFA, Ghana
Roast: Dark
Conche: Medium
Tasting Notes: chocolaty, fudge, roasted nuts
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter
Drinking Chocolate (4 oz.)
Fresco’s drinking chocolate is a blend of five favorite single origin craft chocolates including Ghana, Dominican Republic Oko Caribe, Columbia Sierra Nevada, Peru Maranon and Venezuela Ocumare.
This blend creates an incredibly rich and comforting drinking chocolate. Recipes for hot cocoa and a thick sipping chocolate are included.
Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter
ALllergy Note: Dairy Free, Nut Free, Soy Free, Gluten Free
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