2012 Chocolate Tasting Official List

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2	A. Korkunov	Elite Dark Chocolate	Russia	55%	top chocolate 2007
3	Amano	Dos Rios	USA: Utah	70%	new maker
4	Amano	Guayas	USA: Utah	70%	new maker
5	Askinosie	San Jose Del Tambo 70%	USA: Springfield, MO	70%	new maker
6	Bernrain	Cremant	Switzerland	50%	new international
7	Cachet	Ecuador 43% Milk Chocolate	Belgium	43%	single origin milk
8	Cailler	Sublime	Switzerland	70%	top chocolate 2010
9	Callier	Cremant	Switzerland	46%	top placing 2010
10	Chokolait	Uganda 64%	Australia	64%	new international
11	Chokolait	Papua New Guinnea 64%	Australia	64%	new international
12	Chuao	The Origins Chocolate Bar: 77% Cacao de Chuao	USA: CA, Encinitas	77%	new local maker
13	Coop	Cremant Cacao 50%	Switzerland	50%	new international
14	Dandelion Chocolate	70% Dark Sambirano, Madagascar, Batch 4	USA: SF Mission	70%	new local maker
15	Divine	85% Dark Chocolate	Germany	85%	top maker 2009
16	Divine	70% Dark Chocolate	Germany	70%	top chocolate 2009
17	Divine	Milk Chocolate	Germany	27%	top maker 2009
18	E. Guittard	Semisweet Chocolate	USA: Burlingame, CA	61%	USA gold standard
19	E. Wedel	Milk Chocolate	Poland	30%	Poland national
20	Escazu	Goats Milk 60% Carenero	USA: Raleigh, NC	60%	new maker
21	Feodora	Zart-Bitter	Germany	55%	new international
22	Freia	Melkesjokolade	Norway	30%	Norway national
23	French Broad	La Red Cooperative Dominican Republic	USA: Ashville, NC	65%	new maker (pre-release)
24	Gilgen	Chocolat Cremant Hausegmacht (Home Made Chocolate)	Switzerland	-	top chocolate 2010
25	Hachez	Edel Zartbitter	Germany	55%	new international
26	Hachez	88% Cocoa Premier Cru	Germany	88%	retry from 2009
27	Haigh's Chocolates	Gourmet Dark Chocolate 70%	Australia	70%	top chocolate 2010
28	Heilemann	Hochfeine Edelbitter-Chocolate	Germany	62%	new international
29	Kallari	70% cacao	Ecuador	70%	new maker
30	Koko Black	80% Dark	Australia	80%	new international
31	Lindt	Excellence 70%	France	70%	EU gold standard
32	Lindt	Excellence Creamy Milk	France	-	EU gold standard
33	Maranon Chocolate	Fortunato No. 4 Chocolate Bar (via Glacier Chocolates)	Peru / USA: Tulsa OK	68%	rare cacao beans
34	Mast Brother's Chocolate	Sambriano Valley Chocolate	USA: Brooklyn	72%	new maker
35	Migros Budget	Dunkle Schokolade	Switzerland	45%	new international
36	Olive and Sinclair	67% dark bar	USA: Nashville TN	67%	new maker
37	Ostara Chocolate	Single Origin Dark	USA: Berkeley, CA	70%	raw chocolate, new
38	Patric American Handcraft	Signature 70% Blend Dark Chocolate	USA: Columbia, MO	70%	new maker
39	Republica Del Cacao	Manabi 85%	Ecuador	85%	new maker
40	Rogue Chocolatier	Hispanola 70%	USA: Minneapolis MO	70%	new maker
41	Sarotti	No. 1 Edelbitter	Germany	72%	new international
42	Schogetten	Dark Chocolate	Germany	65%	German national
43	Schogetten	Milk Chocolate	Germany	31%	German national
44	Snake and Butterfly	Benjamin Blend 76%	USA: Campbell, CA	76%	new local maker
45	Taza Chocolate	Stone Ground 60% dark	USA: Sommerville MA	60%	new maker
46	TCHO	Fruity 2.0	USA: San Francisco, CA	68%	recently overhauled
47	Theo	Dominican Republic 84%	USA: Seattle, WA	84%	recently overhauled
48	Theo	Theo & Audubon 91% Costa Rica	USA: Seattle, WA	91%	proceeds to audubon
49	Tony's Chocolonely	Chocolonely	Holland: Amsterdam	72%	Dutch national
50	Trader Joe's	Swiss 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate	Switzerland	72%	top maker 2011
51	Trader Joe's	Swiss Milk Chocolate	Switzerland	33%	top maker 2011
52	Twenty-Four Blackbirds	Dominican Republic 73%	USA: Santa Barbara, CA	73%	new maker
53	Valrhona	Le Noir Extra Amer 85%	France	85%	cordon blu chocolate
54	Villars	Chocolat Noir (72%)	Switzerland	72%	top chocolate 2010
55	Wild Boar Chocolate	70% Dark	Canada: Vancouver, BC	70%	new maker
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