Callebaut selected 2 of the world's most renowned and sought after cocoa bean varieties and dedicated to each an exclusive Origine chocolate. In the taste and aromas of each variety, you will discover the expression of the soil on which the cocoa was grown: hints of flowers, fruits, herbs,... Explore Origine, discover how different chocolate can be. Explore chocolate that carries the soul of the cocoa bean.

In this brochure, we give answers to the following questions:
* How to store chocolate and why.
* How to melt chocolate.
* How to temper chocolate. What is tempering for?
* What is the ideal temperature for workshops, moulds and fillings?
* How to cool chocolate.
* How to store finished products.

Tempering chocolate is a necessary step in creating the ideal chocolate products.
* It makes it easier to un-mould chocolate, pralines… (with maximum shrinkage).
* It gives your chocolate a hard, shiny surface with a uniform colour (no lines, no grey colour). In short: chocolate that looks tasty and snaps when you break it.
* It creates excellent chocolate with a very fine crystallisation structure instead of a granular texture.
However, tempering chocolate by the traditional method is a rather complicated process.

Callebaut’s chocolates are not only the result of a great tradition, but also the fruit of nature’s best. In each of our chocolates you can taste the finest grades of cocoa beans, a select choice of ingredients and 100% pure cocoa butter. Today, Callebaut takes its chocolates even a step beyond…