Encuentro – Chuncho Urusayhua, Peru, Dark 70% (Taster Bar)

About the bar

The Peruvian cocoa in this taster bar creates a wonderfully sweet bar with little astringency and bitterness. There is an initial hit of red berries (primarily cranberries and raspberries) that develops into a wonderfully smooth melt.

About the maker

Encuentro’s co-founder Candice discovered the beauty of chocolate in 2008, when she lived in the Dominican Republic for a year. She and her partner, Antonie, set up their first chocolate factory in 2012 in Punta Cana, DR, which put them in close proximity to their cocoa producers and allowed them to become a hub of chocolate tourism. They returned to their home country of France a year later, and re-established a thriving chocolate factory in the suburbs of Paris in 2016. Now they’ve come full circle, having last year moved their factory to Lille, where Antonie and Candice first met.

The beans

Under the shadows of the Apu Urusayhua, Mother of stone, grow the old and sturdy Chuncho trees, some of which are 200 years old. They grow at an altitude of 1.200m, which is highly unusual for cacao. Peruvian Chuncho in its authentic and in its pure form it is hard to find and even harder to source.

Nutritional info coming soon.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients coming soon.

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