Raaka – Semuliki Forest, Uganda 75%

Description

TASTING NOTES

This Ugandan 75% dark chocolate is rich and fruity with bright, almost sherbety notes. It develops a long tanginess that always leaves you wanting more.

Please note: These bars were made exclusively for Cocoa Runners, and do not list a Best Before date on their packaging. They are Best Before April 2022.

ABOUT THE MAKER

Raaka is a Brooklyn-based craft chocolate maker that focuses on social responsibility as much as great taste. Founder Ryan Cheney discovered chocolate while on holiday in Thailand, and quickly grew excited about the possible flavours of unroasted cocoa beans. Raaka is now dedicated to making “uncommonly delicious chocolate” crafted from unroasted cacao beans, capturing the brighter, bolder, and fruitier notes of cacao. Raaka is also committed to transparent trade, publishing farmgate prices for all the cocoa that goes into each bar.

THE BEANS

The beans in this bar were sourced from Semuliki Forest Cacao, a grower-centred fermentery that works with over one thousand small-scale organic cocoa farmers. It lies in Bundibugyo, a district of western Uganda that borders the Semuliki National Park. Renowned for its cocoa production, the district also neighbours the Rwenzori Mountains, a diverse ecosystem that is legendary for holding the source of the Nile River.