Meybol Cacao

Chocolate and coffee from Peru

Try a special flavor experience: why not combine coffee and Chocolate. The two flavors go so well together that it is a heavenly Indulgence especially for chocolate lovers and gourmets. Who doesn't know this? You are sitting in a cafe and are served Chocolate with hot coffee. You can also order a succulent chocolate cake to go with your coffee. A combination of scents that inspires you.

Why do coffee and Chocolate go so well together? The two flavors of coffee and Chocolate are virtually related. They complement each other and together create a chocolaty coffee delight. The growing regions of coffee and Chocolate have similar climatic conditions, and both the cocoa and coffee beans are aromatic when roasted. increase. Both have a wide range of flavors, with a perfect balance of sweetness, bitterness and spiciness. In particular, dark chocolate often evokes the flavors of a good cup of black coffee. Many cafés now have numerous specialty coffee drinks on their drink menus that combine coffee and Chocolate. Whether hot coffee chocolate, freshly brewed iced coffee, cappuccino with chocolate syrup or a combination of coffee and white Chocolate - a pure flavor experience!

Cocoa and coffee varieties

Basically, there are two types of coffee: Arabica and Robusta, from which more and more varieties have been developed (e.g. Typica, Castillo, Caturra). Similarly, cocoa beans. Researchers thought for a long time that there are only 3 varieties - Forastero, Trinitario and Criollo. However, more than 10 "major varieties" have now been found, and researchers believe they will find many more. In addition, there is a bred very resistant and high-yielding hybrid: CCN-51. This is known for its "performance", but at the same time its taste is quite neutral. In contrast, other cocoa varieties - especially fine cocoa beans - offer a unique flavor that is extremely interesting and delicious.

Coffee and cocoa beans are two different plants, although the beans look quite similar. The cacao tree bears its cacao pods directly on its trunk. The evergreen cacao trees grow up to 20 degrees north and south of the equator. Cocoa pods come in different colors (which, by the way, says nothing about the cocoa variety) and different sizes, and thus range from about 25-50 cocoa beans. For a dark chocolate one needs approx. 2 cocoa pods. Coffee also grows around the equator. Coffee beans, on the other hand, are made from coffee cherries, which produce two beans from one cherry. Cocoa and coffee go through the same processing steps until they are roasted.

Try Meybol coffee and Meybol Chocolate from the same region.