Paris · Rue de la Roquette, the Manufacture
Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse
A manufacture in the Bastille
Alain Ducasse opened a chocolate manufacture in an old garage near the Bastille in 2013, roasting and grinding beans behind glass: bean-to-bar chocolate from a three-star chef, in bars that taste of the origin.
The Manufacture on the rue de la Roquette is a workshop first: roasters, grinders and conches visible from the shop, and a range of bars from single origins at 75 percent to a milk at 45 and a bar at 100. Bonbons, pralines and hot chocolate follow, and boutiques in Paris, London and Tokyo carry the bars.
It is the place in Paris to understand what bean-to-bar means, and the bars are the thing to buy.
The signature
The single-origin bars
What to buy
- Three origin bars
- The pralines
- The hot chocolate mix
- A box of bonbons
Pairing
A Peru 75 percent with a filter coffee; the milk bar with a cup of black tea.
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