Ocelot – Virunga, Dr Congo, Dark 70% with Black Cherry
Maker: Ocelot
£6.99
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Ocelot have combined their fruity, smoky 70% dark chocolate with pieces of fragrant black cherries.
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About the bar
Ocelot have combined their fruity, smoky 70% dark chocolate with pieces of fragrant black cherries. The chocolate is smooth, and the tart cherries elevate the flavour profile of the bar.
About the maker
Ocelot was founded by Matt and Ish, who met behind a fridge door at a party (while on the hunt for a snack) on a snowy Christmas night in Scotland. Inspired by a mutual passion for cooking and eating delicious things, the couple established Ocelot just two weeks after they got married in 2013. With their wedding gift money, Matt and Ish invested in a small tempering machine and a trademark, and started producing chocolate in their apartment which they later sold at farmers markets. Despite quickly gaining a mass of followers and moving into a factory with a production team, an ambitious expansion project and the financial turmoil of 2022 took them under. Thankfully, they were saved by their long-time supplier, Original Beans, and now have a new factory and production team based in Dundee, Scotland.
About the beans
This bar is made with beans from the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the last remaining home of the mountain gorillas . Planting cocoa on the edge of the park provides locals with a sustainable source of income that does not negatively impact the gorilla’s habitat. The result is a win for local humans and gorillas, and for chocolate lovers worldwide!
- Better pay for farmers
- Sustainably crafted
- Expertly curated
- Ingredients traced from farm to bar
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- Made to be savoured
- Better pay for farmers
- Sustainably crafted
- Expertly curated
- Ingredients traced from farm to bar
- Safe and secure checkout
- Made to be savoured
What do other people who've discovered Ocelot - Virunga, Dr Congo, Dark 70% with Black Cherry have to say?
In contrast to Charlie S's review (15 Jan 2024), I absolutely love this chocolate. I found the cherry pieces and flavour to be mild but certainly present, adding a little sweetness to the deep richness of the chocolate. A new favourite for me and definitely one I will be buying again and again.
David S.
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David S. –
In contrast to Charlie S’s review (15 Jan 2024), I absolutely love this chocolate. I found the cherry pieces and flavour to be mild but certainly present, adding a little sweetness to the deep richness of the chocolate. A new favourite for me and definitely one I will be buying again and again.
Charlie S. –
A warning, there is nothing subtle about the Cherry flavour of this bar!
There is no doubting the quality of the Chocolate itself, which is smooth and pleasantly dark. Sadly the Cherry flavour has an almost artificial quality. – Think Cherryade or Bakewell Tart.
The combination of the two unfortunately reminded me solely of cough syrup and therefore rendered inedible!