Puchero – Cuzco Qori Warmi, Peru, Dark 75%

About the bar

We think that this 75% dark bar from Puchero isn’t like other bars made with VRAE-99 variety cacao that we’ve tried. The bar has complex floral flavours, with notes of red berries upfront, a nutty finish, and a lovely long melt.

About the maker

Puchero was established in 2015 by husband and wife; Marco and Paloma. Inspired by travelling around South East Asia, they started out in the world of speciality coffee, roasting single-origin brews. After 3 years they moved into craft chocolate, mastering roasting, grinding, concheing and tempering techniques to produce a selection of delicious craft chocolate bars. Based in Spain, they have experimented with new flavours – developing an exceptional range of inclusion bars – including a croissant bar in collaboration with Madrid based artisan Bakery.

The beans

The Qori Warmi Cooperative is based in the Vraem region of Cusco, Peru, an area well known for its incredible cacao and enormous geographical and ecological diversity. Unfortunately, the region is also known for its conflict and illegal coca (the plant that is used to make cocaine) production. However, in 2017, a group formed the Qori Warmi Cooperative with the goal of raising a legal income through the farming of cacao. The 130 members of the Cooperative are primarily women who have taken over the running of their family farms after losing family members to illegal activities, and the name of the cooperative translates to “women are worth gold”.

Allergens*

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

Ingredients

Cacao beans (68%), organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter (7%)

*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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