Original Beans, Fine-Quality Chocolate Maker, Expands US Retail to Include Chocosphere.Com
Original Beans, a chocolatier that blends the production of award-winning premium chocolate from rare cacao beans with restoration of some of the world’s most threatened rainforests, has announced the addition of U.S. online retailer, Chocosphere.com.
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 12, 2009 -- Original Beans, a chocolatier that blends the production of award-winning premium chocolate from rare cacao beans with restoration of some of the world’s most threatened rainforests, has announced the addition of U.S. online retailer, Chocosphere.com. The internet-only chocolate shop based in Portland, Oregon, has been offering fine chocolates from around the world to U.S. consumers for over a decade.
Featuring around 50 world-class chocolate brands, Original Beans is in good company as the site offers many artisanal varieties from around the world. Original Beans offers three varieties of single-origin chocolate through Chocosphere: Esmeraldas Milk from Ecuador, Beni Wild Harvest from Bolivia and Cru Virunga, which is the first-ever single origin chocolate from the D.R. Congo. Maintaining the original flavor profile of the beans from each region is pivotal to Original Beans’ chocolate-crafting process.
“Original Beans is pleased to have attracted such an established partner as Chocosphere. We’ve found our mission of “Chocolate + Conservation” continues to resonate among U.S. consumers and chocolate reviewers alike,“ said co-founder Philipp Kauffmann.
Original Beans is allied with farmers' co-ops to preserve the rainforest biodiversity in which the best cacao trees thrive. With each purchase, consumers contribute to the replenishment of these forests and protect the “original beans” for future generations. One bar plants one tree. Connoisseurs can track the chocolatier’s environmental replenishment efforts online by visiting the Original Beans website and entering the individual tracking code provided on a certificate within each bar’s package.
As an attendee of last months LA Chocolate Salon, Original Beans received many accolades, taking a lead on quality, design and fair trade practices over other artisan chocolate brands in attendance. In addition to the launch on Chocosphere.com and recent LA Chocolate Salon presence, Original Beans has also re-launched www.originalbeans.com, making it easier to find store locations, track on-going conservation efforts and learn about the process of making fine chocolate from the world’s rarest cacao beans.
About Original Beans
Original Beans is a chocolate company that produces premium chocolate from the world’s rarest and most flavorful cacao beans, grown in ecological hotspot regions. In alliance with local communities and with the help of its customers around the globe, Original Beans is committed to the restoration of cacao forest habitats. Every bar of Original Beans chocolate contributes to the protection and replenishment of its forest of origin. One bar. One tree. Go see at www.originalbeans.com.
Media contact:
Nicole Bailey / 323-255-9178 ext. 13
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