Now you’ll be able to drink your masala chai and eat it too. Questioning how? Simply take a chunk of Indian chocolate model Paul And Mike’s 57% Milk Indian Masala Chai Chocolate. It even received the primary ever gold for any Indian chocolate bar on the Worldwide Chocolate Awards — Asia Pacific 2023 held in Hong Kong in March. The crew on the farm-to-bar chocolate model from Kerala says there’s extra than simply the flavour and aroma that makes the chocolate particular. Founder and enterprise head Vikas Temani says the vegan chocolate was crafted with rice milk. Vikas explains, “We didn’t add any tea leaves or tea flavour to the chocolate. As a substitute, we’ve got used the masalas that go into getting ready masala chai, resembling ginger, cardamon, and so forth. The rice milk is extracted from Japonica rice, a small rice selection that’s utilized in getting ready sushi.”
Paul and Mike’s Sichuan pepper and Orange peel that received a silver
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The Indian fruits utilized in Paul and Mike’s different creations embody jamun (java plum) and sitaphal (custard apple). One other placing Indian flavour is the thandai-flavoured chocolate. “The model’s philosophy is to popularise Indian fruits and flavours. The masala chai, nevertheless, is just not new to the market; we took it to the competitors solely this 12 months, after engaged on it for 2 years with rice milk and tweaking the flavour moreover,” says Vikas.
Whereas masala chai chocolate received the gold, the opposite flavours from Paul and Mike that received the silver on the identical presentation this 12 months are Gin and Ginger, Sula Dindori wine, Sichuan pepper and Orange peel. And their flavours Brewdog Mango Beer Chocolate, Rum and Rummy Raisins and 87% Plain Darkish received bronze.
Vikas Temani, founding father of Paul and Mike
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This isn’t the primary time Paul and Mike’s has received an Worldwide award. In 2020-2021 they turned the primary Indian firm to win a silver on the Worldwide Chocolate Awards world ultimate for the 64 % Darkish Sichuan Pepper and Orange Peel Vegan Chocolate. They’re at the moment engaged on chilli and cheese flavours.
Paul and Mike sweets might be purchased on-line from their web site www.paulandmike.co, a bar of 57% Milk Indian Model Masala Chai is ₹250
