Bachelor’s Hall, Jamaica (85% dark)

Brand:

Back in 2014, David Menkes became obsessed with Desmond Jadusingh’s Bachelor’s Hall cacao after tasting what David considered the best chocolate he’d ever had in his life. David decided to wait until he was “good enough” to work with this extremely delicate and nuanced cacao.

Five years later, David finally got his wish – cacao from Desmond in Jamaica was air-freighted and he began carefully working with it. It’s hard to overstate the incredible emotions that come along with this bar. Paying over four times the commodity price for the cacao, this chocolate is the realization of a dream.

Tasting notes:
Star fruit, mocha, spice

Awards:
2020 Academy of Chocolate Awards Bronze Winner

SKU: LET-11050 Category: Brand:

Suggested Retail:  19,34

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Nett weight

Type of chocolate

Cacao contents

85%

Cacao origin

Characteristics

Leadtime/ date

Case/ Order quantity

12

Ingredients:
Cacao beans, organic unrefined cane sugar.

LETTERPRESS, Los Angeles, California, USA

Two words: scary good. We mean it, this chocolate is so good it actually scared us when we first tried it a few years ago. We knew we had to have it, and are incredibly proud to offer this superlative product. Be sure to try their many uncommon origins, but also make a point doing a little blind tasting. Put Letterpress’ more common origins up against bars made with the same beans from from other makers, and you just might find a new favorite.

  • One of North America’s most outstanding chocolate makers.
  • Run by the husband and wife team of David and Corey Menkes.
  • Winner of multiple International Chocolate Awards, Academy of Chocolate Awards and Good Food Awards.
  • On the inside of each wrapper you’ll find this quote from Benjamin Franklin, which serves as a company ethos… ‘The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.’
  • David Menkes was formerly an artist for DreamWorks animation, where he first tested out his home-made chocolate with his colleagues.
  • Letterpress pays farmers anywhere between 3 and 9 times the market price for cacao.

Letterpress is available on special-order basis: lead-time is 10 days maximum following the last day of every month.
Lead-times: More info > Ordering, shipping and payment conditions: More info >

The Letterpress range

A highly-revered range of single origin dark and dark-milk bars, packaged in Letterpress' simple but distinctive wrappers. Includes well-known craft chocolate origins such as Maya Mountain (Belize) and Kokoa Kamili (Tanzania), along with lesser-seen origins such as Bachelor's Hall (Jamaica) and Patanemo (Venezuela).

As you might expect from chocolate makers so renowned for their single origin bars, Letterpress’ inclusion bars do an incredible job of combining the natural flavour notes of cacao with added flavour ingredients. The Amaranth Crunch bar is dangerously difficult to put down!

Micro-batch chocolate made with some of the rarest and most expensive cacao in the world. The Ucayali Reserve 70% bar is Letterpress’ flagship (and most internationally awarded) bar. The price might seem a little high but when you taste it, everything will make sense.

Curious if Letterpress would be suitable for your store? Order the sample kit for a perfect introduction to the brand! The kit includes several items from different categories.

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 or brand 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.

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 productsZotter backorder products (e.g. Hand-Scooped, Squaring the Circle)Special Order products
Brands / productsAmedei, Cacaosuyo, Chocolate Tree, Dick Taylor, Fjåk, Fruition, Krak, Menakao, 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.Amano, Cuna de Piedra, French Broad, Letterpress, Luisa Abram, Mañoa, Mirzam, Ritual and Solstice.
ProcedureThese we supply from stockThese 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-time1-3 working days1-2 weeks10 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.

Orderring Stock products and Special Order Products

It is not possible to combine stock products and special order products in one order. You have to place separate orders. In case you place two orders and want them shipped together we charge the shipping fee only one time (if the total is under the free shipping order value).

It will remain possible to combine orders for stock products and Zotter's hand-scooped.

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 cost per country

We charge a fixed fee for shipping (figures exclude VAT):

Countriesshipping costsfree shipping
order value
Austria€14,95€200
Belgium€9,34€200
Bulgary€22,32€300
Croatia€18,86€250
Cyprus20,62€250
Czech Republic€17,32€250
Denmark€14,87€200
Estonia€27,50€300
Finland€28,73€300
France€11,87€200
Germany€9,39€200
Greece€24,03€300
Hungary€17,94€250
Ireland€20,45€250
Italy€20,20€250
Latvia€27,47€300
Lithuania€27,47€300
Luxembourg€17,10€250
Malta€22,62€300
Monaco€11,87€250
Netherlands€6,10€150
Poland€15,44€200
Portugal€21,12€250
Romania€18,27€250
Slovakia€17,94€250
Slovenia€17,94€250
Spain€18,87€250
Sweden€19,12€250
United Kingdom€25,22€300
** Rest of the world **Actual cost (to be quoted)Not available
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!

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

We pause shipping 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.).

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 productsZotter backorder products (e.g. Hand-Scooped, Squaring the Circle)Special Order products
Brands / productsAmedei, Cacaosuyo, Chocolate Tree, Dick Taylor, Fjåk, Fruition, Krak, Menakao, 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.Amano, Cuna de Piedra, French Broad, Letterpress, Luisa Abram, Mañoa, Mirzam, Ritual and Solstice.
ProcedureThese we supply from stockThese 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-time1-3 working days1-2 weeks10 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.

Orderring Stock products and Special Order Products

It is not possible to combine stock products and special order products in one order. You have to place separate orders. In case you place two orders and want them shipped together we charge the shipping fee only one time (if the total is under the free shipping order value).

It will remain possible to combine orders for stock products and Zotter's hand-scooped.

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