At the beginning was the dent...
on its way it met the chocolate seller...
at the end, it levelled the greediest

The taste of the chocolates of cover, used by the craftsmen chocolate sellers, such Joël Durand, for their own manufacture, depends primarily on the aromatic quality of selected cocoa broad beans. It's my role, like my grandfather then my father, to go to seek with the 4 corners of the world of the cocoas of character which make chocolates proud of their origins. Indeed, as for the vineyards, the "type of vines" of the cacao-trees and their place of plantation modify the aromatic pallet of cocoa broad beans. It is primarily in South America (Venezuela, Ecuador), in Central America (Mexico, Guatemala), in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar) and in Asia of the south-east (Indonesia, New Guinea) that the combination of these two factors proves to be exceptional. Selected on their place of production, followed throughout their picking, drying and torrefaction, these broad beans of great vintages give rise to rare chocolate covers.

This splendid raw material that nature offers to us becomes thanks to artists such my friend Joel one moment of rare and invaluable greediness.


Olivier de Loisy Couverturier

When chocolate meets thyme :

According to seasons, thyme is flowered, more tender, more dryness. That will play with mischievousness on savours of chocolate candy. It's the enchantment that work gets with the fresh plants. For thyme, it is the black chocolate which has the preference of Joel, gross, very little sugar.

Small infusion
And delicate mixture
A mountain of savours...waiting to be spread out and cut out in small squares.

Malicious liquorice and white chocolate :

Matter, constrate of the rough wood and its force, and of the white chocolate, so consistent and sweetened. Merge and sifting, wood becomes cream-coloured.

It is then enough to crunch to let itself guide towards the doors of childhood, when, greedy, us lickink our stick of liquorice.

When milk becomes flower :

At the beginning, were the lavender and the milk chocolate.

The flower, a little timid met the cream, and, become full with force and scents Maria for always with the chocolate.

Both formed a bouquet of pleasure, perfume and softness.

Cutting

Coating and lettering

"Joël Durand Chocolatier" is present for all events : Easter, Saint Valentine, Christmas, Mother's Day...