Origins refers to the company philosophy of concentrating on selected single-origin and superior cocoa varieties, of working directly with the local producers and personally taking charge of the demanding transport of the cocoa beans from their place of origin to the Swiss chocolate production facilities.

Premium Swiss Chocolate: Swiss chocolate owes its typical melt-in-the-mouth character to the worldwide exclusive technology of finish rolling and conching. For our Criollo cocoas, we employ the traditional “long” conche, which no modern stirring method can match when it comes to gently unfolding the exquisite flavours of the superior cocoa varieties.

Dark chocolate from high-quality cocoa beans has been an area specialised in by Italian and French chocolate producers for some years. German and Austrian producers have followed suit. In the meantime, many Swiss confectioners and chocolatiers have also begun to follow the high-quality dark chocolate trend. The majority of them employ couverture from Felchlin in Schwyz, a specialist company that is able to produce at all quality levels and has brought the historic long conches back into operation for particularly demanding Japanese customers.

The young Basel company “Idilio Origins” is the first Swiss company to adopt a new approach: It, too, is putting its faith in the high quality of production in the heart of Switzerland, particularly in the use of the traditional long conche. However, when it comes to selecting the superior cocoa varieties, it is relying exclusively on its own sources. Over the last five years, it has established a network in Venezuela and Colombia to ensure top-quality raw materials.