Herencia Esmeraldas – Dark 85%

About the bar

This 85% dark bar from Herencia Esmeraldas is made from the famous Ecuadorian Arriba Nacional beans, giving the chocolate a bold wine-like flavour. The bar has a lovely long finish, which is extremely well-balanced.

About the maker

Herencia Esmeraldas is the result of a four-year development project funded by the Italian International Cooperation Agency. It is an association of 400 families – all partners in the business – who drop off their unprocessed cocoa beans at six different collection centres around the region. Their mission is to be as transparent as possible, and to show the world that farming can be a sustainable practice. Their name “Herencia” reflects this. Meaning “heritage”, it is in recognition of the generational process they are a part of – how they learned their practice from their ancestors and how they hope to keep the traditions alive by protecting their rich soils and biodiverse ecosystems for future generations.

The beans

The beans are processed centrally before being turned into chocolate bars. During fermentation and drying, sensors in the batches send real-time information to their systems, allowing them to learn from each batch and adjust their processes to obtain the desired flavours and fragrances.

Allergens*

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

Ingredients

Cocoa liquor 85%, sugar cane 14%, sunflower lecithin 1%

*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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