Teuscher
Teuscher is a chocolatier headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Its champagne truffles are highly rated, and some consider it among the best makers of chocolate in the world.[1][2]
Teuscher's main store is on Zurich's famed Bahnhofstrasse. The flagship store is a few blocks away in Zurich's old city centre (Storchengasse 9[3]) in a shop built in 1647.[1]
Founded in 1932 by Dolf Teuscher, Sr., Teuscher is now run by Dolf Teuscher, Jr. The company's CFO is Rafael Rubio, Dolf, Jr.'s nephew.
In addition to its stores in Zurich, the company has outlets in New York City, Chicago, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Boston, Newport Beach (California), Toronto, Tokyo, Yokohama, Singapore, Hong Kong, Berlin, Geneva, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and Austin (Texas). The Swiss confectioner hand manufactures over 200 varieties of confections and pastries. Its signature confections are Champagne Truffles, the first of its kind.[1] They are made with Dom Perignon champagne, butter cream, and surrounded by dark cream ganache made from 66% dark base chocolate. Each is enrobed in milk chocolate and dusted with confectioner's sugar or dark chocolate and dusted with bracingly dry unsweetened cocoa powder.
As Swiss confectioners generally do not distinguish themselves from patisseries, the Teuscher brand also creates a wide range of pastries and cookies. Controversially, the Zurich-based company bakes the famous cookies of Basel, Zurich's main rival city, the Basler Leckerli, which are somewhat similar to gingerbread cookies.
Teuscher has a reputation for quality natural ingredients, obtaining ginger from Asia, chili pepper from California, and a very specific blend of cacao for base chocolates.
Its dark chocolate smoothness is unparalleled even by the best of French brands like Richart and Debauve et Gallais Paris. In fact, many trained palates would say that only a few brands such as Payard, Jacques Torres, Pierre Herme, and Fauchon can come close in its smoothness.
They fly their celebrated Champagne Truffles from Switzerland every week to store locations around the globe[4]
Food critics such as Mimi Sheraton of the New York Times[citation needed] and Gael Greene of New York Magazine[1] have dubbed the chocolatier the best in the world.
Aside from a wide-ranging selection of truffles, pralines, marzipan and other items, Teuscher also manufactures chocolate bars of high distinction including special dark chocolate ranging from 55% to 99% in increments of 11%.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Gael Greene (May 16, 1983). "The Chocolate Elite". New York Magazine. http://books.google.com/books?id=TbIBAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&dq=gael+greene+teusche#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "Confiserie Teuscher". http://www.corporatetrivia.com/current/2002/switzerland/teuscher.html. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "Teuscher". New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/switzerland/zurich/25646/teuscher/shopping-detail.html. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland". teuscher chocolates of switzerland. http://www.teuscher.com/about-us.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
