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'''Patric Chocolate is a delicious range of gourmet chocolate rangechocolates, made either with organically grown cocoa from exlusively from Madagascar of blended with cocoa from South America.'''
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The Patric Chocolate brand was created by Alan Patrick McClure, reflecting his middle-name in the brand minus the "k". After having travelled extensively in search for the best quality cocoa source, he launched his first Patric bar in 2006: A 70 percent cocoa bar made from a single-estate cocoa farm in the Sambirano Valley in northern Madagascar.
The Madagascar collection includes a 75% bar. The This bar , which is also made from Sambirano cocoa , is sometimes referred to as the espresso of Madagascar chocolates.
There is also a 67% cocoa Madagascar bar with cocoa which includes cocoa butter. While Patric's chocolates generally do not contain flavorings, or even added cocoa butter if it isn't unless absolutely necessary, this bar requires cocoa butter for texture. The cocoa butter used in this bar comes from the the same beans, meaning the final taste is as closely representative of the source as possibleand region. Like coffee beans and grapes, cocoa absorbs the properties of the soil where it is grown. Flavour profiles of cocoa beans from Madagascar have notes of citrus fruit and red berries.
Alan McClure is one of the few pioneering American bean-to-bar chocolate makers, was awarded the Best New American Chocolate award in 2010 (by Food & Wine ??).
== Additional information ==
* [https://www.patric-chocolate.com www.patric-chocolate.com]