Parliament – Zorzal, Dominican Republic, Dark 70%

About the bar

Parliament Chocolate’s 70% Dominican dark bar is a delight to the tastebuds. When we first put a piece of the chocolate on our tongue, we were immediately hit with sweet notes of stone fruits and rose, which worked perfectly alongside the malty flavour of the chocolate.

About the maker

Parliament Chocolate was founded in 2022 by husband-and-wife duo Ryan and Cassi Berk. Based in Redlands, California, Parliament Chocolate is a small company with a focus to know where every single ingredient they use comes from. Ryan and Cassi were drawn to craft chocolate as it felt far more personal than mass produced chocolate – the pair strive to build friendships with the people that they source their ingredients with, and make sure that each and every component is held with respect. Ryan and Cassi source their cocoa beans directly from the farmers and their families and pay them above market value for their hard work. According to Parliament, the moral of the story is that good social, agricultural, and economic values = amazing chocolate!

The beans

The Zorzal cacao beans are farmed and processed by Reserva Zorzal and their neighbouring farms. Reserva Zorzal is in fact a large bird sanctuary – protecting the wildlife habitat for the Bicknell’s Thrush – in the Duarte province of the Dominican Republic. Its mission is to work to reforest endangered lands, protecting the birds as well as cultivating cacao and macadamia nuts. Burrowed within the bird sanctuary is Zorzal Cacao, a 130-acre fermentary and organic cocoa farm.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Cacao 70% sugar 30%

*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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