Chocolat Bonnat. I’ll never forget that one evening when I was 16 years old. My aunt returned from France and brought me 6 packs of dark chocolate as a souvenir. She knew very well that ever since I was a child, dark chocolate was my only ‘candy’. My curiosity though was raised by the idea that she had found 6 different variations from one single brand, and all at 75% cacao, which I had never seen before, till that moment.
I didn’t hesitate a moment and carefully opened one wrap, and then another one, and to my instant surprise these bars from Bonnat were all but the classic cacao candy, but rather I’d say … true tasting experiences! While I was regaling and savourating bite size chunks, after having drunk a glass of body-temperature water to get the perfect chocolate-ready-mouth condition, all these different flavours started tantalizing my senses.
One bar smelled like the cake my mother used to make, while the next one already was spreading its fruity flavours. When one particular bar turned from hot to cold and back to hot in your mouth, other bars felt crunchy or soft, with each bite each time a different character. Some melted away instantly on the middle of your tongue, when other ones preferred to treat every single tooth on a cacao fiesta before letting go its deepest aromas.
This was the moment when my ‘chocolate’ dream became a ‘Cacao’ passion. From that evening dark origin cacao truly became a obsession and something to muse about every single day.
And now I am on a mission to help you too to Rediscover Chocolate!
