House Blend 88% Cacao
by Bahen & Co, Margaret River
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Bahen & Co
House Blend 88% Cacao is the darker version of Bahen & Co's House Blend. The maker says it shows the chocolate maker's craft in blending single-origin cacaos. The ingredients are cocoa beans and raw sugar, in a 75 g bar.
With the same two ingredients as House Blend 70% Cacao, the 88% bar has more cacao and so less sugar, which usually means a more bitter bar. The Bakers Couverture Bar is the other plain dark chocolate from Bahen & Co that we list, a 70% bar made for baking.
Made by Bahen & Co, a bean-to-bar chocolate maker on the family farm at Margaret River, which roasts with a machine from the 1930s and grinds with one from around 1910.
Seeing it in person
Bahen & Co publishes no shop or farm visit details. Its contact page gives a postal address in Margaret River only (checked 12 October 2026).
Delivery
Bahen & Co posts by Express Australia Post, which it says takes 3 to 7 working days. It does not ship on Fridays, so chocolate is not left in a depot over a weekend, and hot weather can delay orders (shipping page, checked 12 October 2026).
Questions
Is it much darker than the 70%?
It has the same two ingredients with more cacao and less sugar, so it is the more bitter of the two.
What is in it?
Cocoa beans and raw sugar, the maker says.
Good to know
- Stone-ground, bean-to-bar dark chocolate, 88% cacao
- 75g bar
- Ingredients: cocoa beans, raw sugar
- Made on the Bahen family farm, Margaret River, Western Australia
Facts checked by Shane Simmons from Bahen & Co's website on 12 October 2026. Sources: Bahen & Co product page, shipping page and process page.
About Bahen & Co
Margaret River
Jacqui and Josh Bahen make stone-ground, bean-to-bar chocolate on the family farm in Margaret River, using machines from around 1910 and the 1930s.
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