New chocolate

This past week I've processed some new chocolate. I'm almost ready for my first tasting using my own chocolate. The first was Papua New Guinea. It has a citrus start and then a smokey hint to it. Another from Panama. I really like this one. It has the classic hot chocolate taste to it. Very nice. I just finished molding the Ghana. I roasted that slightly longer. That has nice roasted/caramel flavors and a bit bolder than the Panama. It comes from a Co-op. The last is Ivory Coast. Fair trade. That's currently in the grinder and should be finished tomorrow morning. I used the exact same recipe for each bean. It's 70% which translates to the weight of the roasted and shelled nibs, add 20% cocoa butter, to this total I add 30% sugar.

In the picture is some coconut treats. Ellen calls them coconuggets. I made some of them with a roasted macadamia nut in the center of the coconut. Then a dip in the chocolate. Yum.