Akesson’s – Brazil 100% with Cocoa Nibs

Please note: These bars are being offered at a 30% discount due to them being past their best-by date, but don’t worry – they’re still completely safe and delicious to eat!

About the bar

This intense yet buttery 100% chocolate is mixed with roasted nibs, adding a bit of crunch to the supremely smooth chocolate. A thick, slow melt gradually reveals notes of roasted nuts, with subtle hints of coffee and raisins. No added sugar means this bar has the intense, almost savoury flavour we love in 100% bars, and the addition of a little extra cocoa butter reduces any bitterness and mellows out the tannins to create a very approachable 100% cocoa bar.

About the maker

Bertil Åkesson is one of the true heroes of the bean-to-bar market. He has pioneered the direct sale of his single-estate beans to over 300 chocolate makers all over the world and has crafted his own range of award-winning bars. Born to a Swedish diplomat father and a French mother, Bertil grew up in Madagascar, where his family settled in the 1970s. His father established a number of cocoa and spice plantations on the island, which Bertil has since expanded.

The beans

In April 2009, Bertil Åkesson and his Brazilian partner, Dr. Angelo Calmon de Sa, purchased the Fazenda Sempre Firme estate in Bahia, Brazil. Known as “paraíso”, or “paradise”, to the locals, this 120-hectare cocoa plantation lies in the middle of the Mata Atlantica, the wild forest in southern Brazil famed for its extraordinary biodiversity. Parasinho, the traditional variety of cocoa grown there, gives all of Åkesson’s Brazilian chocolate a deep earthy quality enriched with fruity and woody notes.

Allergens*

May contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa beans, cocoa butter, cocoa nibs (7%)

*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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