Mexico

What Is Mexican Single Origin Chocolate? Mexican single origin chocolate is couverture made with cocoa grown in Mexico, which is as close to the beginning of the story as chocolate gets. Cacao was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, and the word cacao itself traces back to the Mixe-Zoque language of the Olmec. Most Mexican cocoa now grows in Tabasco, which produces around eighty per cent of the national crop, with Chiapas second.

Mexican chocolate often means something else. People are usually looking for traditional Mexican drinking or table chocolate; the coarse, cinnamon spiced discs whisked into hot milk. You won't find that at Keylink, but if you're looking for an authentic Mexican single origin couverture, then you're in the right place.

Our Mexican Single Origin Chocolate

We stock Cacao Barry's Mexique 66%, a dark couverture blending Mexican Forastero and Criollo beans. The Criollo in the blend is what lifts it: alongside a slight opening acidity you get spicy and fruity notes with undertones of gingerbread and liquorice, and a warm coppery colour to match.