Ritual – Camino Verde, Ecuador, Dark 75%

About the bar

This is one of two dark bars made by Ritual using Ecuadorian beans. This has slightly lower cocoa content but what the bar lacks in intensity, it more than makes up for in flavour.

The chunky bar has a clean snap. As you break off a piece, inhale the floral aroma layered with jasmine, orange blossom and an earthy undercurrent. The smooth bar starts out a little chocolatey and sweetens to into a honeyed green note. Sugar snap peas and sweet vegetables mix with creamy, almost nutty flavour. The slightly drying finish has just a hint of astringency.

About the maker

From making chocolate in their apartment to running a chocolate factory and chocolate-cafe, Anna Davies and Robbie Stout have transformed Ritual into one of the best known craft chocolate makers in the US. The pair met around the same time they were discovering the delights of small-batch, fine chocolate, and are motivated by “improving quality of life through chocolate” – from serving the cacao growers to the chocolate lovers.

The beans

The cacao is from the Camino Verde estate. The lush plantation was recently restored and the farmers have been working hard to improve with each and every harvest. The beans are the ‘Arriba Nacional’ variety, the fine flavour cacao that Ecuador is famous for and characterised by its floral aroma.

Allergens*

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

Ingredients

Cacao, organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter

*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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