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Ben & Ben Ben & Ben is an Import/Export company which goal is to bring to Hong Kong French goods with the highest quality directly from its producers. All products sold have been tested and approved by ourselves to ensure you the best of France. We brought you the finest Calvados, voluptuous caramels and the tastiest delicatessens.
The calvados We selected the finest French brandy of apple. It has a strong woody note and it is the most voluptuous Calvados. It has a round body with a fruity flavor and hints of sweetness. It needs to be warmed by handling the glass to have an explosion of flavors.
Calvados XO Carafe: This elegant carafe is the perfect high value gift usually given to welcome future business partners or to celebrate a contract signature. It contains the finest Calvados of our producer in a superb and unique carafe designed in Milano, Italy. Sold with an elegant brown box, you just have to stick on it a red bow! Calvados XO 50cl: This bottle contains the same Calvados than the Carafe but its shape is totally different. With it s easy to handle shape and straight shoulders it is very a masculine bottle which will please all spirit connoisseurs. The calvados aged in old oak barrels took the flavor and the dark color of the wood used by vinification which ensures you the finest taste of France.
Calvados VSOP 70cl: It is the main production of our producer. Aged of 5 years minimum in old oak barrels from western part of France, its taste is radically fruitier than the XO. It could be drunk straight or mixed with tonic. The combination of the two offers a totally new taste as long drinks. Impress your friends with an easy to do cocktail with a brand new taste coming from France; le nouvel vogue. Calvados VSOP 35cl: This bottle was designed especially to be offered as a gift. Sold with its red case the elongated shape of the bottle contains nevertheless 35cl of Calvados
Liquors Our liquors are elaborated by our Calvados producer with the same Calvados we selected. The best varieties of fruits have been chosen to gives you a tasty bachelor liquor or fruit liquor. High in sugar it seduces all women as men straight with crushed ice or mixed with Champagne Bachelor liquor A special mix of red fruits and calvados, with an alcoholic strength of 25% it is the perfect drink to be consumed during after work parties with crushed ice, mixed with tonic, or as a cocktail element instead of syrup.
Liquor 44: The origin of this liquor is 100% Norman even if it contains oranges! It is a mix of our producer Calvados, beans of coffee and pieces of oranges. The original receipt is very easy to do: 44 beans of coffee marinated in Calvados for 44 days with an orange stabbed 44 times with 44 pieces of sugar. Usually this liquor is drunk as digestive at the end of the dinner instead of the classic brandy. The Pommeau The Pommeau is a mix of Calvados and special apple juice. With an alcoholic strength between 16% and 19%, kept in brand new barrels from 14 month to 21 month it is a well known drink in Northern part of France.
The Extra-Dry cider : The Extra-Dry cider we selected, is perfect served as an aperitif (French kir) or with hunt game. Poor in sugar with dry notes, it tastes the REAL cider of Normandy! The Dry cider The Dry cider is the bestseller, it match with every dishes and is welcomed by everyone. This cider is also perfect as a gift as everyone likes it. With a clear color, finest bubbles and acidulate taste, it could be served either in bars or at table.
The Half-Dry cider The Half-Dry cider is the perfect balance between a Sweet and a Dry. With a relative low alcohol strength (3.5% only) but with a strong taste it would fit to your Sunday brunch along the seaside eating seafood. This cider is served in the best Norman seafood restaurants as an alternative to the classic and common white wine. Dare the Half-Dry cider at once, then you won t change! Our sweet cider Our sweet cider could be drunk by everyone thanks to its very low alcoholic strength of 2.5%. Very refreshing, it would be the perfect drink for your desert and especially French crepes, pancakes, twelfth night or as a cocktail element.
The caramel of cider It is a cider reduction with some secrets elements. It is mainly used to cook sweet recipes, savory or sweet and salty recipes. It could be eaten with white yogurt, French crepes, as a caramel basis for your dessert, with vanilla ice cream or with salty receipt like the BBQ ribs or with foiegras. The caramel of cider This elegant mini caramel of cider jar is designed especially for diners to display in front of each guest to be be eaten with foie gras or with duck bellies salads. It could be also used during breakfast to be melted with white yogurt instead of white sugar.
The caramel Cream This Caramel has a particular Creamy texture. This cream is enriched with AOC cream and salted butter from the well known milk cooperative of Isigny. It is best served as a caramel spread or used as a toping for deserts (Cake, pie, ice-cream, and so on). The caramel sauce It is a creamy paste with a strong sweet caramel taste enriched with AOC cream and butter from the well known milk cooperative of Isigny which is also producing the so finest Président butter. It could be used directly on French crepes, or as a nappage for ice cream deserts. It is available in two sizes; the 250g jar or 320g easy to serve plastic bottle
Isigny caramel s prestige box Full with 250g of the 3 finests Norman receipes, AOP butter, AOP cream, AOP Cream & butter. The perfect gift to offer if invited, this so French present will delight your guest! Belle époque Box Rectangular boxes full with 250g of Normandy assortment with following flavors; Salted butter, apples, Calvados, Isigny cream s and butter
French Ballotin A classic chocolate box filled with 150g of salted butter caramels. Wooden boxes We found this particular product, caramels sold in circular Norman cheese boxes (Camembert) available on different sizes with different assortments to match to every occasion and every budget. Circular boxes, available on 75g, 150g, 250g or 750g and different flavors: -Traditional assortment: Vanilla, Coffee, Chocolate and nuts - Normandy assortment: Salted butter, apples, Calvados, Isigny cream s and butter -Butter and cream assortment -Only salted butter caramels
Sachet An elegant plastic sachet, available on 118g or 236g and different flavors: -Traditional assortment: Vanilla, Coffee, Chocolate and nuts -Normandy assortment: Salted butter, apples, Calvados, Isigny cream s and butter -Only salted butter caramels Money-box Old French Citroën money-box full with 75g of smoothie vanilla caramels.
The mini box It is composed of a Normandy assortment: Salted butter, apples, Calvados, Isigny cream s and butter, of 12 caramels it a an easy to buy size to please you in your office! The fondant au caramel: it is a big caramel of 30g which doesn t stick to teeth! Available with 3 different taste, Vanilla, Salted butter or nuts it is perfect to be served as a candy with the coffee at the end of the diner.
The caramels lollypops Those so French lollypops kept the antic shape of old past candies. Their salted/creamy taste will please kids as well as the grownups!