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AMANAO, Orem, Utah, USA
Amano is, by far, the most award winning chocolate maker in America. Period. And it’s no secret why, with Amano’s distinct approach harnessing the best aspects of both American and European chocolate making styles. You’ll find all the expression of lightly roasted cacao you’d expect from an avant-garde American, but balanced by the smooth cocoa butter and vanilla notes of the most sophisticated European chocolate makers. No serious chocolate set is complete without Amano.
- Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, Dominican Republic and Madagascar are the cocoa origins chosen for Amano’s single-origin chocolate bars.
- The artisan behind the chocolate bars is Art Pollard, who was a prodigious scientist before founding Amano Chocolate in 2006.
- Located in Utah, Amano Chocolate was among the very first chocolate brands around the world making chocolate from scratch using fine flavor cocoa beans and homemade machines.
- Amano Chocolate offers a limited assortment composed of 6 single-origin bars and 3 inclusion bars. Instead of launching new trendy and seasonal releases, the brand focuses on delivering a consistent quality in every tested-and-proven creation.
- Art Pollard seeks out unusual cacao beans, buying them directly from farms, and sometimes even working with the farmers to improve fermentation and drying.
- All Amano Chocolate bars are gluten-free and vegan, including only dark chocolate options.
- Every single-origin bar is kept at 70% cocoa, allowing passionate chocolate lovers to have fun comparing and contrasting the different tasting profiles of each bar.
Amano is available on special-order basis: lead-time is 10 days maximum following the last day of every month.
Lead-times: More info > Delivery and payment: More info >
Product types and lead time
We work with a tiered lead-time structure and the lead-time depends on the type of product. We distinguish three types of products in our range;
| Stock products | Zotter backorder products (e.g. Hand-Scooped, Squaring the Circle) | Special Order products | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brands / products | Amano, Aruntam, Cacaosuyo, Chocolate Tree, Dick Taylor, Fjåk, Fossa, Fruition, Hogarth, Menakao, MIA, Raaka, Taza, To'ak and Zotter. |
All Zotter hand-scooped bars, all squaring the circle and all product from the Zotter range that are not available online but only via the price & ordersheet. | Cuna de Piedra, French Broad, Letterpress, Luisa Abram, Mañoa, Markham & Fitz, Qantu, Ritual and Solstice. |
| Procedure | These we supply from stock | These we do not stock and supply on customer order only. | These we do not stock, we collect all orders from our customers during the month and we order it in from the US on the first day of the new month, lead-time is then before the 10th of that month. For example: - if you order on Sept 2nd, you will get the product before Oct 10. - if you order on Sept. 30th, you will also get it before Oct. 10th. - this applies to every month. |
| Lead-time | 1-3 working days | 1-2 weeks | 10 days to 40 days |
On the Product page ('product data' tab) as well as on the Quick Order Form the type of product and the respective lead-time is indicated.
Orders combining Stock and Special Order Products
If your order consists of product from more than one lead-time category we will normally ship when the order is complete (when the Special Order products have been received). In case the despatch date as a result of that comes to more than two weeks we will contact you to confirm to wait or make a partial delivery.
Ordering
- We have no minimum order for EU customers.
- Minimum order for non-EU customers is €500,-
- Ordering goes by case quantity. If there's less stock than the case quantity the system won't allow you to add it to the cart. We can add this for you to your order manually. Just leave a note in the comments or contact us otherwise.
- You can order via the normal product pages in the webshop or via the Quick Order Form.
- In My Quick Order you will find items you have previously ordered - even more convenient for repeat purchases!
- Both the Recommended Retail Price (excl. VAT) as well the wholesale price (excl. VAT) is indicated for each product.
Shipping
We ship by DHL or PostNL. These usually deliver within 24 hours (within Holland and Belgium). For other countries the lead-time is about 2-3 days. After your order is processed and ready to ship you will receive a notification by email, detailing the scheduled delivery date and a Track & Trace code.
Shipping costs
We charge a fixed fee for shipping (figures exclude VAT):
| Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | Zone 4 | Zone 5 | Zone 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | Belgium Germany the Netherlands |
Luxembourg Poland |
Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Monaco Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain |
Bulgary Finland Greece Ireland Sweden |
Cyprus Malta |
Rest of the world |
| Shipping costs | €7,50 | €12,50 | €17,50 | €22,50 | €27,50 | Actual cost |
| Free order (free shipping) | €150,- | €250,- | €350,- | €450,- | €550,- | none |
| Minimum order | none | none | none | none | none | €500,- |
We can arrange transportation for orders to customers outside the EU, and will provide an estimate of the shipping cost. Alternatively you can arrange shipping & collection yourself.
In case you wish to book your own transport, you can indicate this at checkout. In which case we do not charge shipping- or order costs.
We continue shipping throughout the summer!
If the temperature reaches 24ºC, we ship all orders in special insulation packaging with ice-gel-packs. These survive temperatures up to 35 degrees for about 3 days. At no extra cost!
- Before shipping we check the weather forecast at our location, the destination, and locations along the route (if known).
- We make sure that the parcels are collected by the carrier as late as possible in the afternoon.
- In case of warm weather we ship out from Monday-Wednesday depending on the expected transit time. And in order to exclude risk of parcels being stored in a carrier's warehouse over the weekend.
EcoCoolBox: an environmentally friendly insulated packaging
The EcoCoolBox which we use for insulated shipping is a unique, completely paper-based and environmentally friendly insulated packaging with an equal or even better insulation performance than EPS (tempex / styrofoam) based solutions. The liners of the boxes are made of fine paper fibres. These fibres have outstanding isulation characteristics, comply to European directives for contact with food products, are 100% recycable, and are made of clean recycled cardboard.
What you can do yourself
Please insure that the delivery address will not result in the package sitting outdoors for any length of time. The High Five Company is not liable for theft or damage during shipping or upon delivery. We highly suggest shipping where you can receive the package immediately. The High Five Company is not responsible for incorrect shipping addresses or addresses where delivery results in a package remaining in a hot, rainy, or otherwise unsuitable environment.
When we pause shipping
The High Five Company will not ship orders if the ambient temperature is over 35ºC in our and/or your location, in which case will delay such orders. But it is your responsibility to order chocolate to be received at under 35ºC. The High Five Company will not refund or replace melted chocolate. Please note this before ordering! You may request a delay in your shipment until the ambient temperature is below 35ºC at your location by adding a note to your order.
Payment
- iDeal
- Credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
- Bancontact / Mister Cash (Belgium)
- Invoice - settlement terms 21 days d.o.i.
For new international customers we ask for payment in advance, before the dispatch of the goods. After 3 succesful orders we can switch to payment by invoice (settlement terms 21 days d.o.i.).
