GUATEMALA - LACHUA - 75% DARK

A$14.50

Limited Availability

The Lachuá region is home to a pristine cenote lake within a national park, which has been a protected RAMSAR site since 2006, and to communities of indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya families.

ORIGIN INFO

OUR DARK CHOCOLATES CONTAIN JUST THREE INGREDIENTS:

CACAO BEANS

FOUNDED IN 2010, MAYA MOUNTAIN CACAO (MMC) PUT BELIZE ON THE CRAFT CHOCOLATE MAP AS A PIONEER IN THE CENTRALIZED FERMENTERY SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MODEL.

IN 2019, MAYA MOUNTAIN CACAO WAS AWARDED A COCOA OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH PLACED IT WITHIN THE TOP 20 COCOAS GLOBALLY.

ALL CHOCOLATE IS TRANSPARENTLY SOURCED, BINDED AND REFINED BY HAND IN SMALL BATCHES, AND DILIGENTLY WRAPPED AND PACKAGED FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT.

SUGAR

100% CERTIFIED ORGANIC RAW CANE SUGAR GROWN IN BUNDABERG, AUSTRALIA , PURCHASED IN 25KG BAGS. THE TYPICAL HARVEST SEASON UP IN QUEENSLAND IS BETWEEN JUNE AND NOVEMBER.

CACAO BUTTER

AMAZON SPECIALITIES, OUR PARTNER IN PERU FOR THE CACAOLIFE COCOA BUTTER, WAS FOUNDED BY PERUVIANS AURELIO AND MARCO TO DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY CACAO PRODUCTS WORKING ALONGSIDE COOPERATIVES AND FARMER GROUPS AROUND PERU.

TODAY, AMAZON SPECIALTIES WORKS WITH 20 DIFFERENT COOPERATIVES IN CACAO, AS WELL AS OTHER AMAZONIAN SUPERFOODS AND SPECIALTY CROPS.

THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING PLANT IN LIMA TO CONTROL QUALITY ACROSS THE WHOLE CACAO BUTTER PROCESS. THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH COOPERATIVES ON FERMENTATION AND DRYING PROTOCOLS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC BEANS, AND THEN BRING THE CACAO TO THEIR OWN PLANT TO CAREFULLY RUN THE BUTTER AND POWDER PRESS.

THE BUTTER THAT UNCOMMON CACAO BUYS FROM AMAZON SPECIALTIES IS SOURCED FROM A COOPERATIVE OF 957 ORGANIC CACAO PRODUCING FAMILIES IN THE HUÁNUCO AND SAN MARTIN DEPARTMENTS.

THE CACAO FOR THIS BUTTER IN PARTICULAR WAS OBTAINED FROM 435 OF THESE FAMILIES, ALL CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

TASTING NOTES

PINEAPPLE

HONEY

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SUITED TO

CACAO NIBS.

COOKING CHOCOLATE.

CHOCOLATE BARS.

DRINKING CHOCOLATE.

INGREDIENTS

ORGANIC