“Idilio” stands for the bond with nature, the diversity of a mixed culture of tropical plants and fruits, the devout care and harvest of finest cocoa beans, their careful fermentation and sun drying by the small farms. The Spanish word is a small poem that sings the romance of the natural life, a sweet experience, a gem.
“Origins” refers to the company’s philosophy of concentrating on selected individual layers and noble cacao varieties, of working directly with local producers and securing the sophisticated transport of cocoa beans from their place of origin to the Swiss chocolate production itself.
Swiss chocolate owes its typical delicately melting character to the world-wide unique technology of fine rolling and conching. For our Criollo Cacaos, we use the traditional Conche, the so-called longitudinal driver, which is particularly gentle as no modern stirring method can develop the fine flavors of the noble Cacaosorten.
Idilio, Seleccion Cata Ocumare, No 3
Awarded Gold by Singapore Newspaper
72 percent, 48h traditional conche
Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
The Hacienda Cata produces cocoa in mixed culture with other tropical fruits in a fantastic location off the Atlantic coast near Ocumare. The small farmers, organized as cooperatives, help each other out at harvest time and process the noble cocoa together. The Criollo Ocumare forms the core of the intense flavors typical of this single layer.
Idilio, Trinchera, No 16
Awarded Gold by Singapore Newspaper
74 percent, 48h traditional conche
Las Trincheras, Venezuela
In a rather dry area, the small cocoa village of Las Trincheras is located in a steep valley, on the slopes of which this magnificent cocoa grows under shade trees. The valley has its own microclimate, which provides ideal tropical conditions for fine cocoa with plenty of warm rain. After harvest, the beans are brought to the central drying place with donkeys and dried in the sun.
Idilio, con Leche, No 15
Awarded Gold by Singapore Newspaper
42 percent, single origin cacao
Orinoco, Venezuela
Swiss milk
Idilio, Drinking Chocolate, Carenero Urrutia
Awarded Gold by Singapore Newspaper
In addition to chocolate, Idilio Origins produces selected specialties such as the award-winning drinking chocolate and seasonal delicacies. So come and visit us again and again.
Idilio, Selección Cata Ocumare, cocoanibs, No7
Awarded Silver by Singapore Newspaper
72 percent, 48h traditional conche
Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
The Hacienda Cata produces cocoa in mixed culture with other tropical fruits in a fantastic location off the Atlantic coast near Ocumare. The small farmers, organized as cooperatives, help each other out at harvest time and process the noble cocoa together. The Criollo Ocumare forms the core of the intense flavors typical of this single layer.
Idilio, Finca Torres, No 12
Awarded Silver by Singapore Newspaper
72 percent, 48h traditional conche
Choroni, Venezuela
Right next to the sleepy colonial village of Choroni below the enchanted cloud forests of the designated after the Swiss biologist Henry Pittier National Park is the exclusive Idilio single location Hacienda Torres. The slight slope, the ideal climate and the passion of the owner Vicente Fuentes for his cocoa bring out a unique flavor.
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