Dormouse – Spiced Ferment, Dark 70%

About the bar

This rich and spicy 70% dark chocolate bar from Dormouse is made with beans which have been fermented alongside nutmeg and pepper, from the experts at Maya Mountain Cacao in Toledo, Belize.

This fermentation process adds a spicy dimension to the already-fruity beans, giving this bar a rich and smooth profile with notes of tropical fruits and a peppery finish.

About the maker

Dormouse is a one-woman bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker, established in Manchester in 2014. Isobel, the founder, started her chocolate journey as a student temp at a luxury chocolate shop, before becoming a bean-to-bar chocolatier and eventually investing in her own equipment. She crafts and hand-wraps every bar herself, and has built a strong reputation for her experimental and limited edition bars.

The beans

Grown amongst avocado and banana trees, the beans from Maya Mountain in Belize. MMC source beans grown by smallholders and centralise their post-harvest production (including fermentation and drying), marketing and exportation. The majority of beans cultivated by the MMC farming network are Amelonado-dominant hybrids and other Upper Amazon Forastero Hybrids, with flavour notes of honey, pineapple, raisin, tobacco and fudge.

Allergens*

May contain cereals containing gluten, may contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa nibs (cocoa nibs, allspice, pepper) 60%, sugar 30%, 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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