Chocolatemakers – Awajún, Peru, Extra Dark 80%

About the bar

An earthy and green dark chocolate made from 80% Peruvian Criollo cocoa beans.

About the maker

Dutch founders Rodney and Enver began to create bean-to-bar chocolate in Amsterdam in 2011. They are as passionate about ethics and sustainability as they are about the chocolate itself; they use only Organic ingredients, pay 50% above the Fairtrade price, and aim to become carbon neutral in their chocolate production. One aspect of this comes from their factory in Amsterdam’s harbour, which has such a large solar panel-covered roof that they generate more power than they consume.

The beans

The flavour profile of this chocolate bar transports you to the lush canopies of the Amazonian rainforest in north-east Peru, where Awajún indigenous populations carefully cultivate the organic Criollo cacao from which this bar was crafted. Here, we really are talking about cacao with a conscience; this chocolate contributes to the conservation of the Amazon, with the fair prices paid to the Awajún for the cacao meaning that they are able to earn a decent livelihood without resorting to deforestation by cutting wood for agriculture and livestock farming. This directly promotes development of sustainable cultivation of cocoa.

Allergens*

May contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa mass, cane sugar, cocoa butter. cocoa: 80% minimum. organic farming.

*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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