Herufek – Maya Mountain, Belize, Dark 70%

About the bar

This 70% dark chocolate bar from Herufek is smooth, with tasting  notes of honey, fruity red berries, and tropical pineapple.

About the maker

Herufek Chocolate was founded in 2015 by Jitka and Michal Herufek, after Jitka started experimenting with making chocolate truffles after graduating with an Economics degree. At the time, the pair were using conventional couvertures to make chocolate bonbons as a hobby and part-time job, but this soon expanded into making their own chocolate using cocoa beans in 2014. After making several bad batches of chocolate from awful beans (despite the beans being organic certified), Jitka and Michal were lucky enough to meet some seasoned makers, like Patrick Walter from Choco Del Sol, and Josef Zotter himself. They were able to buy some great beans from them, and the rest is history – today, Herufek has 6 employees including Jitka and Michal, and make their wonderful bars in South Moravia, Czech Republic.

The beans

The beans in this bar have been sourced from Maya Mountain Cacao, one of the earliest centralized fermentery social enterprises. Established in 2010 in the early stages of the Craft Chocolate boom, Maya Mountain works with over 350 cocoa-growing families in southern Belize to process their beans centrally, which allows them to export high-quality cocoa beans to premium-paying craft chocolate makers.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cocoa beans bio (66%), sugar cane bio (30%), cocoa butter bio (4%)

*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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