20°Nord 20°Sud – Anamalai, India, Dark Milk 70%

About the bar

This creamy 70% dark milk from French makers 20 Nord 20 Sud has a pleasantly powdery melt, with tasting notes of toffee, caramel, citrus and lime.

About the maker

When Mélanie Paulau was introduced to the world of chocolate as a child, she never thought she would become one of the few bean-to-bar chocolate makers in France – she found chocolate too fatty and too sweet, with no interest to her taste buds. But when Mélanie stumbled upon the Bean To Bar Craft Chocolate movement, she discovered that chocolate could taste of more than just pure sugar, and have real values! Since, Mélanie has been paving the way for other French craft chocolate makers, working at her bean-to-bar chocolate factory located in Vendée, with an all-women workforce. Passionate about their work, Mélanie and her colleague Marion constantly strive to create chocolate products that are both delicious and adventurous.

The beans

The Anamalai Farm is a cocoa, coconut, and nutmeg farm located near the town of Pollachi, in a region famous throughout India for its high quality coconuts. More specifically, the farm itself is located at the southernmost foothills of India’s Western Ghats. Harish Manoj and Karthi Palaniswamy, who own and operate Anamalai, have intercropped their own coconut palms with cocoa and nutmeg trees to diversify and keep the land healthy. The cocoa is fermented in 5 tiers of wood boxes and sun dried on raised beds. While the majority of the harvest is processed for export, a small portion goes to Harish and Karthi’s local line of bean to bar chocolates, which they are producing to keep up with India’s growing demand for craft chocolate.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cocoa beans (50%), cane sugar (25%), whole milk powder (12.5%), cocoa butter (12.5%)

*Allergen advice: We directly import, and purchase, all products from independent makers and have these shipped by our partner warehouse (which is not certified allergen-free), and so we cannot guarantee that any product will be allergen-free. Even where an allergen is not listed, products may have been produced, shipped, or stored in facilities which handle allergens.

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