Duffy’s – Corazon del Ecuador Milk 43%

About the bar

The milk chocolate is sweet and mellow. In addition to hints of caramel and malt, we noted a slightly nutty undertone.

Duffy’s Corazon del Ecuador milk chocolate uses cacao grown by the Camino Verde project. The beans are then shipped to Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. In his workshop, it will take Duffy 60 hours simply to grind the beans (after sorting, roasting and winnowing), and even longer to finally finish crafting the bar.

About the maker

Duffy Sheardown is an early supporter and promoter of the ‘Direct Trade’ movement, which goes well beyond Fairtrade standards. Duffy follows a ‘Direct Cacao’ model, in which chocolate makers agree to pay whatever price the farmer asks for her cocoa beans – without complaining. This premium paid for the beans encourages the farmer to take more care of her crop, from fermenting the beans well to drying them properly. Working like this also encourages farmers to grow ‘fine-flavour’ as opposed to ‘bulk’ beans – the vision behind ‘Direct Cacao’ in changing the future for cocoa farmers and fine chocolate.

The beans

The beans used in this bar are the the Ecuadorian ‘Nacional’ variety. The Camino Verde project, in Balao canton of Guayas province, grows the cacao for Duffy’s bars. Located below the Guayas river, the biodiverse region has a long history of growing cacao.

Allergens*

Milk

Ingredients

Cocoa beans, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter, milk powder, sunflower lecithin

*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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