Rosa Canina – Miso-Sage, Đồng Nai, Vietnam Milk 60%

About the bar

This 60% milk bar from Rosa Canina has the interesting inclusions of miso and sage. To make this bar, Rosa Canina have infused sage in brown butter to help release the plant’s essential oils, adding depth and complexity to the final bar. The miso is Ama Mugi Miso by Mimi Ferments based in Berlin, and it is produced from buckwheat and aged for one year in oak barrels. The miso brings out a savoury, nutty depth that blends perfectly with the chocolate, creating a nice sense of umami balance.

About the maker

Rosa Canina was originally founded as an organic ice cream company in 2008 in Berlin, Germany. The shop was opened by Reimar Philipps, who was then joined by Moritz Weber in 2014, and the two of them have run it together ever since. In 2020, they expanded to work more directly with cacao, where they brought in Zoe as Head Chocolate Maker. Today, they are a small team focusing on both ice cream and chocolate. Rosa Canina’s goal is simple: to make chocolate that tastes exceptional. Their curiosity to discover why this is the case has led them to traceable origins, honest sourcing, and producers who take cacao as seriously as they take chocolate. Not only is their cacao traceable, but their sugar too, prioritising honesty in sourcing.

The beans

OCA works with around 195 smallholder farmers in the Ba Ria – Vung Tau region of Vietnam, the majority of whom are women. Their cacao is grown in agroforestry systems, integrated into the natural landscapes rather than grown in monoculture. OCA’s mission is to create high-quality cacao while providing stable income opportunities and long-term support for farming communities. Cacao is harvested throughout the year, with the main harvest period taking place between October and January, and cacao has been cultivated in the region for several decades.

Allergens*

Cereals containing gluten, soybeans, milk

Ingredients

Cacao (32, 7%), raw cane sugar (23, 2%), cacao butter (23%), milk powder (14%), miso (0, 46%), butter (0, 25%)

*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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