Good chocolate is important, so with the holidays approaching, I made a push to re-stock the Mountain Hearth Handcrafts Etsy Shop with bean-to-bar artisan chocolate. These handcrafted chocolates are made from scratch, bean to bar, with
fresh roasted cocoa beans. These bean I use primarily are a tiny, wildcrafted variety from
Bolivia where they are harvested by canoe during the rainy season. I have also been using a Nicaraguan bean that is Certified Organic and Ethically Traded. The fabulous labels were made by my partner, Corey, and I think they are as exciting as the chocolate itself! All of my usual chocolates are now back in stock, like the wild chocolate chickens and nettle chocolates, plus a few exciting new things.
fresh roasted cocoa beans. These bean I use primarily are a tiny, wildcrafted variety from
Bolivia where they are harvested by canoe during the rainy season. I have also been using a Nicaraguan bean that is Certified Organic and Ethically Traded. The fabulous labels were made by my partner, Corey, and I think they are as exciting as the chocolate itself! All of my usual chocolates are now back in stock, like the wild chocolate chickens and nettle chocolates, plus a few exciting new things.
We now have The Ozette Bar. Named for Lake Ozette on the Olympic Peninsula where I grew up, this bar is 75% organic dark Nicaraguan chocolate with crushed up coffee beans I homeroasted myself. The coffee is a very bold, flavorful Indian variety from Burman Coffee Traders called Monsooned Malabar, that is fermented in open walled warehouses through the monsoon season. Good stuff.
The Elwha Bar is named for the Elwha River and I added wildcrafted Douglas-fir tips to this 75% dark Nicaraguan chocolate bar for a nice, citrus flavor.
The McKenzie River Bar, named for my home watershed here in Oregon, is 75% dark wildcrafted Bolivian chocolate with wildcrafted spruce tips sprinkled on top. The spruce has a very pungent, citrus flavor and goes well with this particular bean.
The Oregon Coast Bar is solid milk Nicaraguan chocolate, and the milk powder I used from Humboldt Creamery is just plain decadent. I sprinkled alderwood smoked Pacific sea salt on top to give the flavor of a day at the beach. This is one of my very favorites.
These Farm Fresh Chocolate Eggs are solid milk Nicaraguan chocolate molded into a variety of pretty designs, with that delicious Humboldt milk powder. The chicken lover in your life needs these.
And of course, there are more dark chocolate chickens, lavender chickens and nettle leaves made from the wild Bolivian cacao. They make great stocking stuffers and there is still time for holiday shipping, so stop on by and check it out!
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