Today is the Philippines' Independence Day, which is commemorated on the day the country declared independence from Spain in 1898. What followed, of course, was another war but with the United States, which led to the Philippines becoming a commonwealth and protectorate under the US until July 4, 1946.
A few days ago, the wife met up with a friend who was in town to check on the production side of the business we invested in a few years ago. The production referred to the cacao farms in Agusan Del Sur in Mindanao island where the cacao used in the chocolates are sourced. The company, Co Chocolat, is based in Dubai where our friends who are sisters are based and now produces fine chocolate and other products currently available in that city and Abu Dhabi. One of them attended formal school in Europe in order to learn the fine art (and science) of making chocolates.
Here are some initial photos of the package of samplers we got last week:
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| Our bag of goodies came straight from Dubai where our friends are based. It contained various chocolates in bars and tableyas as well as other items I will be writing about soon. |
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| We love the packaging for the smaller chocolate bars. |
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| Here are samples of what are inside the bars. We've sampled some and they are exquisite |
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| Chocolate bar variants - I will write about these soon. For now, we haven't opened any of these as we wanted to savor the taste in the right mood :) We'll probably get that chance today. |
Check out their story and the other products!
Happy Philippine Independence Day! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Itaguyod ang sariling atin!
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