Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé – ‘The Birds of Uganda’, Dark 80%

About the bar

This 80% dark bar from Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé is just as good on the inside as it looks on the outside. The bar was made to honour the birds of Uganda, and has punchy notes of red berries, cherries, and red currant.

As with all Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé’s bars, this bar has been moulded to look like an old fireplace tile. This chocolate tile is then hand wrapped in beautifully thick printed paper. The result is half-way between a chocolate bar and work of art.

About the maker

Husband and wife team, Zsolt Szabad and Katalin Csiszar started Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé in Budapest in 2004. Zsolt’s background as a mechanical engineer and Katalin’s as a graphic designer has resulted in the perfect team to produce chocolate bars that are both beautiful and expertly made.

The beans

With a local focus at the heart of everything they do, it’s no surprise that Latitude works very closely with local growers in sourcing cocoa beans. They’ve contracted over 1000 small-holder organic-certified farmers, about half of whom are women.  They set up bi-weekly collection points, at walking distance from the farms, so on the same day of harvest beans are weighed and farmers are paid in cash. So not only do farmers receive a premium price, but their costs of transport, labour, materials, and processing are reduced, as are the risks of theft and spoilage.

Allergens*

No allergens listed by maker.

Ingredients

Organic cocoa beans from congo, (79%) organic cane sugar (20%), organic cocoa butter (1%)

*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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