Chocolate Tree – Venezuela Porcelana (40g)

About the bar

This well-balanced fruity chocolate from Chocolate Tree has notes of pineapple and citrus, and there is a kick of subtle spice swirls which pairs beautifully with the rich earthiness of the cacao.

About the maker

Founders of Chocolate Tree, Alastair and Friederike Gower, started their chocolate adventure in 2005 by touring music festivals and selling their chocolates from a hand built solar powered geodesic dome tent. However, working with organic couvertures wasn’t enough for them. Alastair and Friederike – being the adventurous types – decided to start making their own chocolate from bean to bar in 2012. This was a time when the craft chocolate movement was just getting started in the UK. Chocolate Tree also run its chocolaterie in Edinburgh, which offers a comfortable, relaxing environment for customers to enjoy a chocolate-rich menu. Alastair and Friederike, alongside serving their bean to bar chocolates and bonbons, serve up ice cream, drinking chocolate, cakes, to name a few. They also guide chocolate tastings, to introduce and share the world of craft, bean to bar chocolate.

The beans

Chocolate Tree have specifically sourced these Porcelana beans from a few single estate farms in the Sur del Lago de Maracaibo subregion of Venezuela. The premium bean has strong Criollo characteristics, which gives the fruit a lighter colour and the chocolate a complex flavour. This region is located to the south of Lake Maracaibo (technically not a lake but a brackish bay) and is famous for fine flavour cacao.

Allergens*

May contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cacao, sugar, cocoa butter

*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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