Comments on: Bar Battle: Bonnat Xoconuzco vs. Askinosie Soconusco http://www.choqoa.com/blog/2009/10/bar-battle-bonnat-xoconuzco-vs-askinosie-soconusco/ Rediscover Chocolate. The true tastes and aromas of fine cacao. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gillian http://www.choqoa.com/blog/2009/10/bar-battle-bonnat-xoconuzco-vs-askinosie-soconusco/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Gillian Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:16:24 +0000 http://www.choqoa.com/blog/?p=602#comment-143 Just back from the Salon myself where I tasted Bonnats offering. I tasted both Xoconuzco and Chauo; I settled on the Chauo (and no not because, as some suggested it was a nice pink wrapper!) but because if its subtle elegant notes. I am dying to see what you bought in your sampler pack. What a choice there was at the Salon. I have never seen anything like it and am already thinking about next year but not a Saturday ... too busy. Just back from the Salon myself where I tasted Bonnats offering. I tasted both Xoconuzco and Chauo; I settled on the Chauo (and no not because, as some suggested it was a nice pink wrapper!) but because if its subtle elegant notes.

I am dying to see what you bought in your sampler pack. What a choice there was at the Salon. I have never seen anything like it and am already thinking about next year but not a Saturday … too busy.

]]> By: parisbreakfasts http://www.choqoa.com/blog/2009/10/bar-battle-bonnat-xoconuzco-vs-askinosie-soconusco/comment-page-1/#comment-138 parisbreakfasts Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:41:57 +0000 http://www.choqoa.com/blog/?p=602#comment-138 Eeep! being an native Americano, I have never tasted these bars! I better get tasting!!! merci encore Eeep! being an native Americano, I have never tasted these bars!
I better get tasting!!!
merci encore

]]> By: Evert-Jan http://www.choqoa.com/blog/2009/10/bar-battle-bonnat-xoconuzco-vs-askinosie-soconusco/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Evert-Jan Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:55:48 +0000 http://www.choqoa.com/blog/?p=602#comment-135 thank you very much Shawn - for our readers, he is the Askinosie man himself :) - for these details! There is imho much work to do for the industry on origins, beans, varieties and the like indeed. Especially given the fact that there is a lot of 'wrong' information and secrecy... Transparancy makes cacao at the same time so much richer to explore! So kudos for you on this one. thank you very much Shawn – for our readers, he is the Askinosie man himself :) – for these details!

There is imho much work to do for the industry on origins, beans, varieties and the like indeed. Especially given the fact that there is a lot of ‘wrong’ information and secrecy… Transparancy makes cacao at the same time so much richer to explore! So kudos for you on this one.

]]> By: Shawn Askinosie http://www.choqoa.com/blog/2009/10/bar-battle-bonnat-xoconuzco-vs-askinosie-soconusco/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Shawn Askinosie Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:00:25 +0000 http://www.choqoa.com/blog/?p=602#comment-134 First - thank you for such an honor as being compared to Bonnat! We're happy to have "won" this battle. There is no question that our beans from Soconusco are of the Trinitario variety. Maybe the confusion is over the thought that Criollo beans were used for this bar. They are not Criollo. What troubles me about the name Criollo is that there is more of it sold than exists in the world today. That means somebody is lying for the sake of marketing. The beans of Soconusco have been hybridized over the centuries from Criollo and now the result is what you taste in our bar. I would never claim Criollo beans unless I could prove it. There are rumors of tiny pockets of Criollo where I buy these beans. I have yet to see them. I am not sure about the website listed above that claims Soconusco "raw certified organic Criollo cacao nibs". Where do they source these? So - the bottom line is that the variety of our beans from Soconusco is Trinitario and we do not claim otherwise and never would. I hope that helps. Again -- thank you for your kind words about our chocolate. We're humbled. First – thank you for such an honor as being compared to Bonnat! We’re happy to have “won” this battle. There is no question that our beans from Soconusco are of the Trinitario variety. Maybe the confusion is over the thought that Criollo beans were used for this bar. They are not Criollo. What troubles me about the name Criollo is that there is more of it sold than exists in the world today. That means somebody is lying for the sake of marketing. The beans of Soconusco have been hybridized over the centuries from Criollo and now the result is what you taste in our bar. I would never claim Criollo beans unless I could prove it. There are rumors of tiny pockets of Criollo where I buy these beans. I have yet to see them. I am not sure about the website listed above that claims Soconusco “raw certified organic Criollo cacao nibs”. Where do they source these? So – the bottom line is that the variety of our beans from Soconusco is Trinitario and we do not claim otherwise and never would. I hope that helps. Again — thank you for your kind words about our chocolate. We’re humbled.

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